Reconciling soil thermal and hydrological lower boundary conditions in land surface models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7819-7834

  Decharme, Bertrand ^a   Martin, Eric ^a   Faroux, Stéphanie ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

land surface model; soil hydrology; soil temperature

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUDGET CONTROL; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BUDGET; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84882803832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50631     Document Type: Article

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