Representing grass- and shrub-snow-atmosphere interactions in climate system models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2061-2079

  Liston, Glen E ^a   Hiemstra, Christopher A ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Budgets; Climate models; Land surface model; Land use; Parameterization; Snow

Indexed keywords

BUDGETS; CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; ENERGY BUDGETS; GREENLAND; GRID CELLS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MODELING SYSTEMS; MOISTURE FLUXES; NET RADIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SHRUBLANDS; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SPATIAL DOMAINS; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; SURFACE FLUX; VEGETATION FRACTIONS; VEGETATION HEIGHT; WYOMING;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

SNOW;

CLIMATE MODELING; GRASSLAND; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE; MOISTURE FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 79958156559     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI4028.1     Document Type: Article

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