Global evaluation of MTCLIM and related algorithms for forcing of ecological and hydrological models

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-49

  Bohn, Theodore J ^a   Livneh, Ben ^b   Oyler, Jared W ^c   Running, Steve W ^c   Nijssen, Bart ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Global land surface modeling; Humidity; Longwave radiation; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SOLAR RADIATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 84877320076     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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