A revised land hydrology in the ECMWF model: A step towards daily water flux prediction in a fully-closed water cycle

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1046-1054

  Balsamo, G ^a   Pappenberger, F ^a   Dutra, E ^b   Viterbo, P ^b,c   van den Hurk, B ^d  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ECMWF land hydrology; Global river discharge; Water cycle study

Indexed keywords

CLOSED WATER CYCLES; GLOBAL RIVER DISCHARGE; GLOBAL WATER CYCLE; LAND HYDROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE HYDROLOGY; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; NEAR-SURFACE; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; ROUTING SCHEME; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SNOW HYDROLOGY; TIME-SCALES; WATER CYCLE STUDY; WATER FLUX;

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SNOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER;

SURFACE DISCHARGES;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; WATER FLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952689592     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7808     Document Type: Article

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