Origin and fate of atmospheric moisture over continents

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Van Der Ent, Rudi J ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^a   Schaefli, Bettina ^a   Steele Dunne, Susan C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES; AMAZON FORESTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONGO BASINS; EAST AFRICA; GLOBAL MAP; GLOBAL WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL WINDS; GREAT LAKES; KEY PROCESS; LA PLATA BASIN; LAND COVER; LAND EVAPORATION; MOISTURE EVAPORATING; REANALYSIS; RECYCLING RATIO; SOUTH AMERICA; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EVAPORATION; LAKES; MOISTURE; RAIN; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DATA SET; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND COVER; MOISTURE CONTENT; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; WATER RESOURCE; WIND FIELD;

CHINA; CONGO BASIN; ERITREA; EURASIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SAHEL [ERITREA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77956961066     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009127     Document Type: Article

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