Articles | Volume 7, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1873-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1873-2014
Methods for assessment of models
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02 Sep 2014
Methods for assessment of models |  | 02 Sep 2014

SimSphere model sensitivity analysis towards establishing its use for deriving key parameters characterising land surface interactions

G. P. Petropoulos, H. M. Griffiths, T. N. Carlson, P. Ioannou-Katidis, and T. Holt

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