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Model description paper
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26 Jun 2012
Model description paper |
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Land surface Verification Toolkit (LVT) – a generalized framework for land surface model evaluation
S. V. Kumar
Science Applications International Corporation, Beltsville, MD, USA
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
C. D. Peters-Lidard
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
J. Santanello
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
K. Harrison
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, USA
Y. Liu
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, USA
M. Shaw
Science Applications International Corporation, Beltsville, MD, USA
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt, NE, USA
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