Water balance in the amazon basin from a land surface model ensemble

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2586-2614

  Getirana, Augusto C V ^a   Dutra, Emanuel ^b   Guimberteau, Matthieu ^c   Kam, Jonghun ^d   Li, Hong Yi ^e   Decharme, Bertrand ^f   Zhang, Zhengqiu ^g,h   Ducharne, Agnes ^c,i   Boone, Aaron ^f   Balsamo, Gianpaolo ^b   Rodell, Matthew ^a   Toure, Ally M ^a   Xue, Yongkang ^g   Peters Lidard, Christa D ^a   Kumar, Sujay V ^a   Arsenault, Kristi ^a   Drapeau, Guillaume ^j   Leung, L Ruby ^e   Ronchail, Josyane ^j   Sheffield, Justin ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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Author keywords

Amazon region; Hydrologic models; Land surface model; Runoff

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRACE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; WATER BUDGET;

AMAZON BASIN; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84915745660     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0068.1     Document Type: Article

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