Sequential assimilation of satellite-derived vegetation and soil moisture products using SURFEX-v8.0: LDAS-Monde assessment over the Euro-Mediterranean area

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 3889-3912

  Albergel, Clément ^a   Munier, Simon ^a   Jennifer Leroux, Delphine ^a   Dewaele, Hélène ^a   Fairbairn, David ^a,c   Lavinia Barbu, Alina ^a   Gelati, Emiliano ^a,d   Dorigo, Wouter ^b   Faroux, Stéphanie ^a   Meurey, Catherine ^a   Le Moigne, Patrick ^a   Decharme, Bertrand ^a   Mahfouf, Jean Francois ^a   Calvet, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 85025168182     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-10-3889-2017     Document Type: Article

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