A large-scale, high-resolution hydrological model parameter data set for climate change impact assessment for the conterminous US

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-84

  Oubeidillah, A A ^a   Kao, S C ^a   Ashfaq, M ^a   Naz, B S ^a   Tootle, G ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DATA PROCESSING; RUNOFF;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; INFILTRATION; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891841889     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-67-2014     Document Type: Article

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