Evaluation of NARR and CLM3.5 outputs for surface water and energy budgets in the Mississippi River Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Sanjiv ^a   Merwade, Venkatesh ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; LATENT HEAT; RUNOFF; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

AMERIFLUX; ANNUAL RUNOFF; AVERAGE VALUES; COMMUNITY LAND MODELS; ENERGY FLUXES; GRID CELLS; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; MODEL DESIGN; MODEL OUTPUTS; NET RADIATION; NETWORK STATIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER BALANCE;

HEAT FLUX;

ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLUX; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WEATHER STATION;

ILLINOIS; INDIANA; MISSISSINEWA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955546962     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014909     Document Type: Article

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