Towards ecohydrological drought monitoring and prediction using a land data assimilation system: A case study on the Horn of Africa drought (2010-2011)

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 8229-8242

  Sawada, Yohei ^a,b   Koike, Toshio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c Public Works Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DROUGHT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA INDEX; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

HORN OF AFRICA;

EID: 84978805859     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024705     Document Type: Article

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