A scaling analysis of soil moisture-precipitation interactions in a regional climate model

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 221-235

  Jones, A R ^a   Brunsell, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949085857     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0109-x     Document Type: Article

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