Assessment of the WATCLASS hydrological model result of the Mackenzie River basin using the GRACE satellite total water storage measurement

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3391-3400

  Yirdaw, Sitotaw Z ^a   Snelgrove, Kenneth R ^b   Seglenieks, Frank R ^c   Agboma, Clement O ^b   Soulis, Eric D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold region; Grace; Mackenzie river basin; Watclass; Water balance; Watershed

Indexed keywords

COLD REGIONS; DATA SETS; GOODNESS OF FIT; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT SATELLITES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL WATER BALANCE; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND SURFACE; MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN; MASS FLUX; MODEL OUTPUTS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; STATE VARIABLES; SUBBASINS; WATER BALANCE; WATER STORAGE;

CATCHMENTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RIVERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

WATERSHEDS;

COLD REGION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE DATA; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

AUSTRALASIA; MACKENZIE BASIN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 70549099000     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7450     Document Type: Article

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