An idealized prototype for large-scale land-atmosphere coupling

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2379-2389

  Lintner, Benjamin R ^a   Gentine, Pierre ^b   Findell, Kirsten L ^c   D'Andrea, Fabio ^d   Sobel, Adam H ^b,e   Salvucci, Guido D ^f  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; CONVECTIVE ADJUSTMENTS; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; MOISTURE ADVECTION; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SENSITIVITY MEASURES;

LASERS; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84876089470     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00561.1     Document Type: Article

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