Comparative assessment of evapotranspiration derived from NCEP and ECMWF global datasets through weather Research and Forecasting model

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-125

  Srivastava, Prashant K ^a   Han, Dawei ^a   Rico Ramirez, Miguel A ^a   Islam, Tanvir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECMWF; Evapotranspiration; Meteorological variables; NCEP; Weather Research and Forecasting model

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84876432734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.427     Document Type: Article

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