Land-atmosphere coupling strength in the Global Forecast System

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-156

  Zhang, Li ^a,b   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^c   Wei, Jiangfeng ^c   Guo, Zhichang ^c   Lu, Cheng Hsuan ^a,d  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^d IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Coupled models; Surface fluxes; Water budget balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79955029812     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1319.1     Document Type: Article

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