Representing and evaluating the landscape freeze/thaw properties and their impacts on soil impermeability: Hydrological processes in the community land model version 4

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7542-7557

  Shi, Mingjie ^a   Yang, Zong Liang ^a   Landerer, Felix W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLM4; high latitude regions; hydrological cycles; landscape frozen fraction; snow cover fraction; soil impermeability

Indexed keywords

ICE; RUNOFF; SNOW;

CLM4; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LANDSCAPE FROZEN FRACTION; SNOW COVERS;

SOILS;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; ICE; LANDSCAPE; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 84882751708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50576     Document Type: Article

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