A critical assessment of the JULES land surface model hydrology for humid tropical environments

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1113-1132

  Zulkafli, Z ^a   Buytaert, W ^a   Onof, C ^a   Lavado, W ^b   Guyot, J L ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL LAND SURFACE; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE MODELS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

ERRORS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASEFLOW; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODPLAIN; HUMID TROPICS; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

PERU;

EID: 84879065865     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1113-2013     Document Type: Article

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