Impact of sub-grid variability of precipitation and canopy water storage on hydrological processes in a coupled land - Atmosphere model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 649-662

  Wang, Dagang ^a   Wang, Guiling ^a   Anagnostou, Emmanouil N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODELING; NET RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WATER STORAGE;

AFRICA; AMAZONIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 60349101979     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0435-1     Document Type: Article

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