Evaluation of the Global Land Data Assimilation System using global river discharge data and a source-to-sink routing scheme

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Zaitchik, Benjamin F ^a   Rodell, Matthew ^b   Olivera, Francisco ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DATA SETS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; GROUND-BASED DATA; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; IN-SITU; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; OFFLINE; POST-PROCESSOR; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; ROUTING SCHEME; SIMULATED DISCHARGES; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF;

RIVERS; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

DATA PROCESSING;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND SURFACE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 77954399216     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007811     Document Type: Article

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