What do moisture recycling estimates tell us? Exploring the extreme case of non-evaporating continents

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3217-3235

  Goessling, H F ^a,b   Reick, C H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES; DOMINANT MECHANISM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOCAL COUPLING; PASSIVE TRACERS; RECYCLING RATIO; SPATIAL SCALE; STRONG PERTURBATIONS; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND USE CHANGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERTURBATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACER;

EID: 80055036590     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3217-2011     Document Type: Article

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