Simulation of high-latitude hydrological processes in the Torne-Kalix basin: PILPS Phase 2(e) 1: Experiment description and summary intercomparisons

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-30

  Bowling, Laura C ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a   Nijssen, Bart ^a,g   Graham, L Phil ^o   Clark, Douglas B ^b   El Maayar, Mustapha ^c   Essery, Richard ^o   Goers, Sven ^d   Gusev, Yeugeniy M ^o   Habets, Florence ^e   Van Den Hurk, Bart ^f   Jin, Jiming ^g   Kahan, Daniel ^h   Lohmann, Dag ^o   Ma, Xieyao ^o   Mahanama, Sarith ^o   Mocko, David ^o   Nasonova, Olga ^o   Niu, Guo Yue ^g   Samuelsson, Patrick ⁱ   Shmakin, Andrey B ^j   Takata, Kumiko ^o   Verseghy, Diana ^o   Viterbo, Pedro ^k   Xia, Youlong ^l,n   Xue, Yongkang ^h   Yang, Zong Liang ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^k EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^l MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^o NONE

more..

Author keywords

Arctic regions; Atmosphere; Hydrology; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

KALIX RIVER; SCANDINAVIA; TORNE RIVER;

EID: 0038679708     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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