Evaluation of multi-model simulated soil moisture in NLDAS-2

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 512, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-125

  Xia, Youlong ^a,b   Sheffield, Justin ^c   Ek, Michael B ^a   Dong, Jiarui ^a,b   Chaney, Nathaniel ^c   Wei, Helin ^a,b   Meng, Jesse ^a,b   Wood, Eric F ^c  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b IMSG at NCEP EMC   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface models; NLDAS 2; Soil moisture; U.S.; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ERROR STATISTICS; GROUNDWATER; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; NLDAS-2; NORTH AMERICAN LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; OBSERVATION DATA SET; U.S; VALIDATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DROUGHT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LAND SURFACE; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

ILLINOIS; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896108711     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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