Data assimilation into land surface models: The implications for climate feedbacks

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 617-632

  Ghent, D ^a   Kaduk, J ^a   Remedios, J ^a   Balzter, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; DATA ASSIMILATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 79952399808     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.517794     Document Type: Article

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