Assessment of the land surface and boundary layer models in two operational versions of the NCEP Eta Model using FIFE data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2896-2916

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Chen, Fei ^b   Mitchell, Kenneth E ^b   Janjić, Zaviša I ^b  

^a NCEP/EMC ^*  (United States)

^b NCEP/EMC   (United States)

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EID: 9444260366     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2896:AOTLSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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