An enhanced model of land water and energy for global hydrologic and earth-system studies

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1739-1761

  Milly, P C D ^a   Malyshev, Sergey L ^b   Shevliakova, Elena ^b   Dunne, Krista A ^a   Findell, Kirsten L ^a   Gleeson, Tom ^c   Liang, Zhi ^a   Phillipps, Peter ^a   Stouffer, Ronald J ^a   Swenson, Sean ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE WATER; MODEL TEST; PERMAFROST; POROUS MEDIUM; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOWPACK; SOIL WATER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907474431     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0162.1     Document Type: Article

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