An analytical model for soil-atmosphere feedback

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1863-1878

  Schaefli, B ^a,b   Van Der Ent, R J ^b   Woods, R ^c   Savenije, H H G ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; INTERACTION MODEL; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOISTURE EXCHANGE; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; POTENTIAL SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION RECYCLING; REGIME SWITCHES; STATE VARIABLES; TIME-SCALES; WATER BALANCE EQUATION; WIND SPEED;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TRAJECTORIES; TRANSPIRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84863853463     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-1863-2012     Document Type: Article

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