Snow data assimilation-constrained land initialization improves seasonal temperature prediction

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 11,423-11,432

  Lin, Peirong ^a   Wei, Jiangfeng ^a   Yang, Zong Liang ^a   Zhang, Yongfei ^a,b   Zhang, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

GRACE; land atmosphere interactions; MODIS; seasonal climate prediction; snow data assimilation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORECASTING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; GRACE; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; MODIS; SEASONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRACE; MODIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SNOW COVER; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84999025141     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070966     Document Type: Article

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