Land surface controls on hydroclimatic means and variability

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1604-1620

  Koster, Randal D ^a   Mahanama, Sarith P P ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869470662     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-050.1     Document Type: Article

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