Comparison of NLDAS-2 simulated and NASMD observed daily soil moisture. Part II: Impact of soil texture classification and vegetation type mismatches

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1981-2000

  Xia, Youlong ^a,b   Ek, Michael B ^a   Wu, Yihua ^a,b   Ford, Trent ^c   Quiring, Steven M ^c  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b I M Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Hydrometeorology; Land surface model; Model evaluation performance; Runoff; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 84944123511     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0097.1     Document Type: Article

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