Impacts of vegetation and groundwater dynamics on warm season precipitation over the Central United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Jiang, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Niu, Guo Yue ^a,b   Yang, Zong Liang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANOPY MODEL; COMBINED EFFECT; DIURNAL CYCLE; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER MODELS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVELS; MODEL RESULTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SUMMER SEASON; TRANSITION ZONES; TWO-COMPONENT; VEGETATION GROWTH; WARM SEASON PRECIPITATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODEL;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CONDENSATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSITION ZONE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149171053     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010756     Document Type: Article

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