Development of a high resolution runoff routing model, calibration and application to assess runoff from the LMD GCM

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 207-228

  Ducharne, Agnès ^a,d   Golaz, Catherine ^b   Leblois, Etienne ^c   Laval, Katia ^a   Polcher, Jan ^a   Ledoux, Emmanuel ^b   De Marsily, Ghislain ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Discharge; GCMs; Land surface processes; River basins; Runoff routing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES;

HYDROLOGY;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND SURFACE; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF;

EID: 0141453409     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00230-0     Document Type: Article

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