Land-atmosphere coupling and diurnal temperature range over the contiguous United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Jingyong ^a   Wang, Wei Chyung ^a   Wu, Linsyun ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; DAMPING EFFECT; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; FEEDBACK PARAMETERS; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; MOISTURE INFLUENCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEW MEXICO; POSITIVE FEEDBACK;

FEEDBACK; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DAMPING; DIURNAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66949166356     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037505     Document Type: Article

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