The observed state of the water cycle in the early twenty-first century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 8289-8318

  Rodell, M ^a   Beaudoing, H K ^a,b   L'Ecuyer, T S ^c   Olson, W S ^a,d   Famiglietti, J S ^e   Houser, P R ^f   Adler, R ^b   Bosilovich, M G ^a   Clayson, C A ^g   Chambers, D ^h   Clark, E ⁱ   Fetzer, E J ^e   Gao, X ^j   Gu, G ^a,b   Hilburn, K ^k   Huffman, G J ^a   Lettenmaier, D P ⁱ   Liu, W T ^e   Robertson, F R ^l   Schlosser, C A ^j   Sheffield, J ^m   Wood, E F ^m   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^l NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^m PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DATA INTEGRATION; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; REMOTE OBSERVATION; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; VARIATIONAL FRAMEWORK; WATER AND ENERGIES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY BUDGET; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84946231396     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00555.1     Document Type: Article

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