Large-scale runoff from landmasses: A global assessment of the closure of the hydrological and atmospheric water balances

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2111-2139

  Lorenz, Christof ^a   Kunstmann, Harald ^a   Devaraju, Balaji ^b   Tourian, Mohammad J ^b   Sneeuw, Nico ^b   Riegger, Johannes ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrologic cycle; Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Land surface model; Moisture moisture budget; Reanalysis data

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84908583258     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0157.1     Document Type: Article

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