Analysis and improvement of runoff generation in the land surface scheme CLASS and comparison with field measurements from China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 345, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Wen, Lei ^a   Wu, Zhiyong ^b   Lu, Guihua ^b   Lin, Charles A ^a,c   Zhang, Jianyun ^b,d   Yang, Yang ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

CLASS; Hydrograph; Land surface scheme; Runoff generation; Sub grid variability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; LATENT HEAT; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SECURITY OF DATA; SOIL MOISTURE;

FIELD MEASUREMENTS; LAND SURFACE; SOIL LAYER;

RUNOFF;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; LATENT HEAT; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RUNOFF; SECURITY OF DATA; SOIL MOISTURE;

BASEFLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROGRAPH; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PEAK FLOW; RUNOFF;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUAI BASIN;

EID: 34648820669     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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