Role of land surface processes and diffuse/direct radiation partitioning in simulating the European climate

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1695-1707

  Davin, E L ^a   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; PARTITIONING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE FLUX;

EUROPE;

EID: 84861170368     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-1695-2012     Document Type: Article

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