Comparison of land-precipitation coupling strength using observations and models

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 979-994

  Zeng, Xubin ^a   Barlage, Mike ^b   Castro, Chris ^a   Fling, Kelly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c US Army Aberdeen Test Cent   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Evaporation; Model comparison; Precipitation; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 77958587199     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1226.1     Document Type: Article

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