Observational breakthroughs lead the way to improved hydrological predictions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 2591-2597

  Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrological science

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCE; HYDROLOGY MODELING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

SNOW;

EID: 85018638464     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017WR020896     Document Type: Note

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