Reconciling land-ocean moisture transport variability in reanalyses with P - ET in observationally driven land surface models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 8625-8646

  Robertson, Franklin R ^a   Bosilovich, Michael G ^b   Roberts, Jason B ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Hydrologic models; Interannual variability; Interdecadal variability; Reanalysis data; Water budget

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ENSO; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; REANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84996606532     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0379.1     Document Type: Article

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