Continental moisture recycling as a Poisson process

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4133-4142

  Goessling, H F ^a,b,c   Reick, C H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND-MASSES; POISSON PROCESS; SCALE ANALYSIS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; WATER MOLECULE;

MOISTURE; MOLECULES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

RECYCLING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TRACER; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84886841848     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-4133-2013     Document Type: Article

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