@article{1999257, title={The Offline Validation of Land Surface Models}, author={Randal D. Koster and Taikan Oki and Max J. Suarez}, journal={Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II}, volume={77}, number={1B}, pages={257-263}, year={1999}, doi={10.2151/jmsj1965.77.1B_257} }