Representation of soil moisture feedbacks during drought in NASA unified WRF (NU-WRF)

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 360-367

  Zaitchik, Benjamin F ^a   Santanello, Joseph A ^b   Kumar, Sujay V ^b,c   Peters Lidard, Christa D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Drought; Mesoscale models

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84875018508     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-069.1     Document Type: Article

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