The use of similarity concepts to represent subgrid variability in land surface models: Case study in a snowmelt-dominated watershed

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1717-1738

  Newman, Andrew J ^a   Clark, Martyn P ^a   Winstral, Adam ^b   Marks, Danny ^b   Seyfried, Mark ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FLOW MODELING; HYDROGRAPH; LAND SURFACE; MODEL; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; WATERSHED;

IDAHO; REYNOLDS CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907472085     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-038.1     Document Type: Article

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