Discontinuous daily temperatures in the WATCH forcing datasets

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 465-472

  Rust, Henning W ^a   Kruschke, Tim ^a   Dobler, Andreas ^a   Fischer, Madlen ^a   Ulbrich, Uwe ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Interpolation schemes; Land surface; Reanalysis data; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATIC REGION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA;

EID: 84922907770     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0123.1     Document Type: Article

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