Intercomparison of the total storage deficit index (TSDI) over two Canadian Prairie catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 374, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 351-359

  Agboma, C O ^a   Yirdaw, S Z ^b   Snelgrove, K R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Prairie; Drought; GRACE; Soil moisture; TSDI; VIC

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; DROUGHT SEVERITY; GRACE; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT SATELLITES; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; INTERCOMPARISONS; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; MOISTURE STORAGE; PHYSICALLY BASED; RIVER BASINS; SASKATCHEWAN; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TSDI; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS; VIC; VIC MODEL; WATER STORAGE;

DROUGHT; ESTIMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRAIRIE; SOIL MOISTURE; STORAGE;

ASSINIBOINE RIVER; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN RIVER;

EID: 68449083432     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.034     Document Type: Article

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