Distributed hydrological modeling of a micro-scale rainforest watershed in Amazonia: Model evaluation and advances in calibration using the new HAND terrain model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 462-463, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-27

  Cuartas, Luz Adriana ^a   Tomasella, Javier ^a   Nobre, Antonio Donato ^a,b   Nobre, Carlos Afonso ^a   Hodnett, Martin G ^c   Waterloo, Maarten J ^c   Oliveira, Sylvia Mota de ^b   Randow, Rita de Cássia von ^a   Trancoso, Ralph ^b   Ferreira, Mônica ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; DHSVM; Numerical modeling; Rainforest hydrology; Terrain calibration; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AMAZON RAIN FOREST; AMAZONIA; DEEP SOILS; DHSVM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGY SOIL VEGETATION MODELS; EQUATORIAL CLIMATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOWLAND WATERSHEDS; MICRO-SCALES; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL SIMULATION; OBSERVED DATA; PARAMETER SET; PEAK FLOWS; SECOND ORDERS; SHALLOW SOILS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TERRAIN MODEL; THIRD ORDER; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION MAPS; WATER BALANCE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WET SEASON;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACKING RADAR; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK FLOW; RAINFOREST; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRAIN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84865537233     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.12.047     Document Type: Article

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