WATCH: Current knowledge of the terrestrial global water cycle

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1149-1156

  Harding, Richard ^a   Best, Martin ^b   Blyth, Eleanor ^a   Hagemann, Stefan ^c   kabat, Pavel ^d   Tallaksen, Lena M ^e   Warnaars, Tanya ^a   Wiberg, David ^f   Weedon, Graham P ^b   Van Lanen, Henny ^d   Ludwig, Fulco ^d   Haddeland, Ingjerd ^d,g  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^g NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate models; Coupled models; General circulation models; Land surface model; Regional models

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; FLOOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RIVER SYSTEM; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84858171054     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-024.1     Document Type: Article

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