Parameter sensitivity in LSMs: An analysis using stochastic soil moisture models and ELDAS soil parameters

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 751-765

  Teuling, Adriaan J ^a,d   Uijlenhoet, Remko ^b   van den Hurk, Bart ^c   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MODELING; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 68049104972     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM1033.1     Document Type: Article

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