Influence of spatial resolution on simulated streamflow in a macroscale hydrologic model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 29-1-29-10

  Haddeland, Ingjerd ^a   Matheussen, Bernt V ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroscale hydrologic modeling; Scaling; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

STREAM FLOW;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

ARKANSAS- RED RIVER BASIN; COLOMBIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036661870     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000854     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Abdulla, F. A., D. P. Lettenmaier, E. F. Wood, and J. A. Smith, Application of a macroscale hydrologic model to estimate the water balance of the Arkansas-Red River basin, J. Geophys. Res., 101(D3), 7449-7459, 1996.
2. Arola, A., and D. P. Lettenmaier, Effects of subgrid spatial heterogeneity on GCM-scale land surface energy and moisture fluxes, J. Clim., 9(6), 1339-1349, 1995.
3. Becker, A., and P. Braun, Disaggregation, aggregation and spatial scaling in hydrological modelling, J. Hydrol., 217(3-4), 239-252, 1999.
4. Beven, K. J., and M. J. Kirkby, A physically-based variable contributing area model of basin hydrology, Hydrol. Sci. Bull., 24, 43-69, 1979.
5. Braun, P., T. Molnar, and H.-B. Kleeberg, The problem of scaling in grid-related hydrological process modelling, Hydrol. Process., 11(9), 1219-1230, 1997.
6. Dooge, J. C. I., and M. Bruen, Scaling effects on moisture fluxes at unvegetated land surfaces, Water Resour. Res., 33(12), 2923-2927, 1997.
7. Famiglietti, J. S., and E. F. Wood, Multiscale water and energy balance modeling, Water Resour. Res., 30(11), 3061-3077, 1994.
8. Fan, Y., E. Wood, M. L. Baeck, and J. A. Smith, Fractional coverage of rainfall over a grid: Analyses of NEXRAD data over the southern plains, Water Resour. Res., 32(9), 2787-2802, 1996.
9. Goodrich, D. C., L. J. Lane, R. M. Shillito, S. Miller, K. H. Syed, and D. A. Woolhiser, Linearity of basin response as a function of scale in a semiarid watershed, Water Resour. Res., 33(12), 2951-2965, 1997.
10. Habets, F., P. Ethchevers, C. Golaz, E. Leblois, E. Ledoux, E. Martin, J. Noilhan, and C. Ottlé, Simulation of the water budget and the river flows of the Rhone basin, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D24), 31,145-31,172, 1999.
11. Kimball, J. S., S. W. Running, and R. Nemani, An improved method for estimating surface humidity from daily minimum temperature, Agric. For. Meteorol., 85(1-2), 87-98, 1997.
12. Kirschbaum, R., and D. P. Lettenmaier, An evaluation of the effects of anthropogenic activity on streamflow in the Columbia River basin, Water Resour. Ser., Tech. Rep. 156, Univ. of Wash., Seattle, 1997.
13. Koren, V. I., B. D. Finnerty, J. C. Schaake, M. B. Smith, D.-J. Seo, and Q.-Y. Duan, Scale dependencies of hydrologic models to spatial variability of precipitation, J. Hydrol., 217(3-4), 285-302, 1999.
14. Liang, X., D. P. Lettenmaier, E. F. Wood, and S. J. Burges, A simple hydrologically based model of land surface water and energy fluxes for general circulation models, J. Geophys. Res., 99(D7), 14,415-14,428, 1994.
15. Liang, X., E. F. Wood, and D. P. Lettenmaier, One-dimensional statistical dynamic representation of subgrid spatial variability of precipitation in the two-layer variable infiltration capacity model, J. Geophys. Res., 101(D16), 21,403-21,422, 1996a.
16. Liang, X., E. F. Wood, and D. P. Lettenmaier, Surface soil moisture parameterization of the VIC-2L model: Evaluation and modification, Global Planet. Change, 13(1-4), 195-206, 1996b.
17. Liang, X., E. F. Wood, and D. P. Lettenmaier, Modeling ground heat flux in land surface parameterization schemes, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D8), 9581-9600, 1999.
18. Lohmann, D., E. Raschke, B. Nijssen, and D. P. Lettenmaier, Regional scale hydrology, I, Formulation of the VIC-2L model coupled to a routing model, Hydrol. Sci. J., 43(1), 131-141, 1998a.
19. Lohmann, D., E. Raschke, B. Nijssen, and D. P. Lettenmaier, Regional scale hydrology, II, Application of the VIC-2L model to the Weser River, Germany, Hydrol. Sci. J., 43(1), 143-158, 1998b.
20. Matheussen, B., R. L. Kirschbaum, I. A. Goodman, G. M. O'Donnell, and D. P. Lettenmaier, Effects of land cover change on streamflow in the interior Columbia River Basin (USA and Canada), Hydrol. Processes, 14(5), 867-885, 2000.
21. Maurer E., A. W. Wood, J. C. Adams, D. P. Lettenmaier, and B. Nijssen, A long-term hydrologically-based data set of land surface fluxes and states for the conterminous United States, J. Clim., in press, 2002.
22. Merz, B., and E. J. Plate, An analysis of the effects of spatial variability of soil and soil moisture on runoff, Water Resour. Res., 33(12), 2909-2922, 1997.
23. Miles, E. L., A. K. Snover, A. F. Hamlet, B. Callahan, and D. Fluharty, Pacific Northwest regional assessment: The impacts of climate variability and climate change on the water resources of the Columbia River Basin, J. Am. Water Res. Assoc., 36(2), 399-420 2000.
24. Mitchell, K., et al., GCIP Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS) project now underway, GEWEX News9 (4), 3-6, Global Energy and Water Cycle Exp., World Clim. Res. Program, Silver Spring, Md., 1999.
25. Nijssen, B., D. P. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, S. W. Wetzel, and E. F. Wood, Streamflow simulation for continental-scale river basins, Water Resour. Res., 33(4), 711-724, 1997.
26. Nijssen, B., R. Schnur, and D. P. Lettenmaier, Global retrospective estimation of soil moisture using the variable infiltration capacity land surface model, 1980-93, J. Clim., 14(8), 1790-1808, 2001.
27. Schaake, J. C., V. I. Koren, Q.-Y. Duan, K. Mitchell, and F. Chen, Simple water balance model for estimating runoff at different spatial and temporal scales, J. Geophys. Res., 101(D3), 7461-7475, 1996.
28. Seyfried, M. S. and B. P. Wilcox, Scale and the nature of spatial variability: Field examples having implications for hydrologic modeling, Water Resour. Res., 31(1), 173-184, 1995.
29. Shah, S. M. S., P. E. O'Connel, and J. R. M. Hosking, Modelling the effects of spatial variability in rainfall on catchment response, 1, Formulation and calibration of a stochastic rainfall field model, J. Hydrol., 175(1-4), 67-88, 1996.
30. Sivapalan, M., and J. D. Kalma, Scale problems in hydrology: Contributions of the Robertson workshop, Hydrol. Processes, 9(3-4), 243-250, 1995.
31. Thornton, P. E., and S. W. Running, An improved algorithm for estimating incident daily solar radiation from measurements of temperature, humidity, and precipitation, Agric. For. Meteorol., 93(4), 211-228, 1999.
32. Wolock, D. M., and C. V. Price, Effects of digital elevation model map scale and data resolution on a topography-based watershed model, Water Resour. Res., 30(11), 3041-3052, 1994.
33. Wood, E. F., Scaling behaviour of hydrological fluxes and variables: Empirical studies using a hydrological model and remote sensing data, Hydrol. Processes, 9(3-4), 331-346, 1995.
34. Wood, E. F., M. Sivapalan, and K. Beven, Similarity and scale in catchment storm response, Rev. Geophys., 28(1), 1-18, 1990.