A downscaling scheme for atmospheric variables to drive soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer models

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 242-258

  Schomburg, A ^a   Venema, V ^a   Lindau, R ^a   Ament, F ^b   Simmer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; AUTOCORRELATION; DOWNSCALING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERPOLATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 78149292149     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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