Soil moisture impacts on convective margins

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1026-1039

  Lintner, Benjamin R ^a   Neelin, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EVAPORATION; INFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 77952720415     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1094.1     Document Type: Article

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