Sensitivity of soil moisture initialization for decadal predictions under different regional climatic conditions in Europe

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1899-1915

  Khodayar, S ^a   Sehlinger, A ^a   Feldmann, H ^a   Kottmeier, Ch ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic regions; Decadal predictions; Precipitation extremes; Soil moisture; Spin up time; Water cycle components

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; FORECASTING;

CLIMATIC REGIONS; DECADAL PREDICTIONS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; SPIN-UP; WATER CYCLE;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84939472112     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4096     Document Type: Article

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