Role of climate forecasts and initial conditions in developing streamflow and soil moisture forecasts in a rainfall-runoff regime

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 721-733

  Sinha, T ^a   Sankarasubramanian, A ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT REGRESSION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STREAMFLOW VARIABILITY; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

APALACHICOLA RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879065291     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-721-2013     Document Type: Article

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