Sensitivity of land surface simulations to the treatment of vegetation properties and the implications for seasonal climate prediction

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 348-366

  Gao, Xiang ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^b   Guo, Zhichang ^b   Zhao, Mei ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

EID: 58049124171     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM931.1     Document Type: Article

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