ERA-40 reanalysis hydrological applications in the characterization of regional drought

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Dutra, Emanuel ^a   Viterbo, Pedro ^b   Miranda, Pedro M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; DROUGHT ANALYSES; GLOBAL SCALES; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LOCAL TUNING; OFFLINE; RE ANALYSES; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL MAPS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; HETEROGENEITY; INDEX METHOD; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 57749210403     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035381     Document Type: Article

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