A simple hydrologic framework for simulating wetlands in climate and earth system models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-278

  Fan, Ying ^a   Miguez Macho, Gonzalo ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate modeling; Earth system modeling; North America; Water table; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; DRAINAGE NETWORK; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER TABLE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79959784159     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0829-8     Document Type: Article

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