Evaluation of two precipitation data sets for the Rhine River using streamflow simulations

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3355-3366

  Photiadou, C S ^a,b   Weerts, A H ^b   M Van Den Hurk, B J J ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL MEAN; DATA SETS; EXTENDED VERSIONS; EXTREME EVENTS; FORCINGS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LOW FLOW; PRECIPITATION DATA; REANALYSIS; REFERENCE DATA; RETURN PERIODS; RHINE BASIN; RHINE RIVER; STREAMFLOW SIMULATIONS; SUB-CATCHMENT; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

CATCHMENTS; RATING; STREAM FLOW;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RHINE BASIN; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 80955130197     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3355-2011     Document Type: Article

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