Exploiting remote sensing land surface temperature in distributed hydrological modelling: The example of the Continuum model

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-62

  Silvestro, F ^a   Gabellani, S ^a   Delogu, F ^a   Rudari, R ^a   Boni, G ^a,b  

^a CIMA Research Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS; STANDARD CALIBRATION; STREAMFLOW MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; SATELLITES; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ITALY;

EID: 84879094708     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-39-2013     Document Type: Article

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