Assessing evapotranspiration estimates from the second global soil wetness project (GSWP-2) simulations

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 880-897

  Schlosser, C Adam ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Land surface model; Model evaluation performance; Water budget

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET;

EID: 77958549526     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1203.1     Document Type: Article

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