Performance comparison of a complex physics-based land surface model and a conceptual, lumped-parameter hydrological model at the basin-scale

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 307, 2006, Pages 196-207

  Gan, Thian Yew ^a   Gusev, Yeugeniy ^b   Burges, Stephen J ^c   Nasonova, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WATER PROBLEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

A priori parameter estimation; Hydrological model; Land surface model; MOPEX basins; Parameter calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; SIMULATED HYDROGRAPHS; WATER EXCHANGES;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

ENERGY FLUX; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; WATER EXCHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845592589     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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