A mechanism for land-atmosphere feedback involving planetary wave structures

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 9290-9301

  Koster, Randal D ^a   Chang, Yehui ^a,b   Schubert, Siegfried D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Planetary waves; Soil moisture; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLANETARY WAVES; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PLANETARY WAVE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84919754228     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00315.1     Document Type: Article

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