Rebound in atmospheric predictability and the role of the land surface

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4744-4749

  Guo, Zhichang ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Delsole, Timothy ^a   Koster, Randal D ^b  

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

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY; EARTH'S CLIMATE; LAND SURFACE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84865168184     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00651.1     Document Type: Article

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