Inaccurate, incomplete, out of date, or missing documentation is a major contributor to poor software quality. A 4-level Software System Documentation Process Model and assessment procedure whose goal is to improve the documentation process have been designed. A maturity level and documentation process profile is generated from the responses to an assessment instrument that takes only 30 minute...

The circulation of water through the Earth system is of critical importance to life on Earth. The hydrological cycle is also intimately linked to the energy cycle and to biogeochemical processes including the carbon cycle. Simulating the various processes that interact to form the hydrological cycle is a daunting task for climate models. In particular, over land, interactions between precipitat...