The role of soil ice in land-atmosphere coupling over the United States: A soil moisture-precipitation winter feedback mechanism

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Tawfik, Ahmed B ^a   Steiner, Allison L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREEZING; ICE; LIQUIDS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD SEASON; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; COUPLING SIGNALS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FREEZING LINE; LAND SURFACE; LIQUID WATER; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SENSIBLE HEAT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE PARAMETER; TRANSITION ZONES; WINTER MONTHS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SURFACE ENERGY; TRANSITION ZONE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251618282     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014333     Document Type: Article

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