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Ensemble forecast spread induced by soil moisture changes over mid-south and neighbouring mid-western region of the USA

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Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.17156 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 17156 - 17156
Submitted on: Jun 16, 2011
Published on: Dec 1, 2012
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
soil moisture,
ensemble forecast,
atmosphere-soil interactions,
spatial correlation,
pattern correlation

© 2012 Arturo I. Quintanar, Rezaul Mahmood, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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