A history and review of the Global Soil Wetness Project (GSWP)

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 729-749

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Climatology; Hydrology; Land surface model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL WATER;

EID: 83455255732     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-10-05010.1     Document Type: Article

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