Application of the land-atmosphere coupling paradigm to the operational coupled forecast system, version 2 (CFSv2)

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 85-108

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a   Halder, Subhadeep ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Model evaluation performance; Model initialization; Seasonal forecasting; Soil moisture; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; COUPLING; LAND SURFACE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 85009509077     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0064.1     Document Type: Article

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