Discharge simulation in the sub-basins of the Amazon using ORCHIDEE forced by new datasets

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 911-935

  Guimberteau, M ^a,b   Drapeau, G ^a,b,c,d   Ronchail, J ^a,b,c   Sultan, B ^a,b,e   Polcher, J ^b,f   Martinez, J M ^g   Prigent, C ^f   Guyot, J L ^g   Cochonneau, G ^g   Espinoza, J C ^h,i   Filizola, N ^j   Fraizy, P ^k   Lavado, W ^i,l   De Oliveira, E ^m   Pombosa, R ⁿ   Noriega, L ^o   Vauchel, P ^k  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d PRODIG   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g CIRAD   (Brazil)

^h INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^j Universidade Federal de Amazonas   (Brazil)

^k INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

^l Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

^m Agência Nacional de Águas ANA   (Brazil)

ⁿ Instituto Nacional de Meteorologiá e Hidrologiá   (Ecuador)

^o Unidad Climatologia   (Bolivia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; WETLANDS;

DISCHARGE SIMULATIONS; INTERPOLATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; ROUTING MODULES; SEASONAL PEAKS; TIME CONSTANTS; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 84866090731     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-911-2012     Document Type: Article

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