Influences of soil moisture and vegetation on convective precipitation forecasts over the United States great plains

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 9338-9358

  Collow, Thomas W ^a,b   Robock, Alan ^a   Wu, Wei ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; INITIAL AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTING; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84906673532     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021454     Document Type: Article

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