Validation of soil moisture simulations from the PAMII model, and an assessment of their sensitivity to uncertainties in soil hydraulic parameters

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-114

  Brimelow, Julian C ^a   Hanesiak, John M ^a   Raddatz, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ensemble; Hydraulic properties; Model simulation; Soil moisture; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CORRELATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FIELD CAPACITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PRAIRIE; RHIZOSPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WILTING;

EID: 70449708960     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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