Sensitivity of simulated global-scale freshwater fluxes and storages to input data, hydrological model structure, human water use and calibration

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3511-3538

  Schmied, H Müller ^a   Eisner, S ^b   Franz, D ^c,f   Wattenbach, M ^c   Portmann, F T ^a,d,e   Florke M ^b   Doll P ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^e SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f Inorganic and Isotope Geochemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER FLUXES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INPUT DATAS; WATER USE;

CLIMATE FORCING; DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRESHWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIME SERIES; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE;

EID: 84907026652     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-3511-2014     Document Type: Article

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