Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 5613-5623

  Fuka, Daniel R ^a   Walter, M Todd ^b   Macalister, Charlotte ^c   Degaetano, Arthur T ^d   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^b   Easton, Zachary M ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c International Development Research Center   (Canada)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Forecast System Reanalysis; Meteorological forcing data; Watershed modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DATA STREAMS; METEOROLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE FORECASTS; HISTORICAL WEATHER DATUM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; REANALYSIS; WATERSHED MODELING; WATERSHED MODELLING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84908020802     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10073     Document Type: Article

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