Long-term water budget imbalances and error sources for cold region drainage basins

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2125-2136

  Wang, Shusen ^a   Huang, Jianliang ^b   Yang, Daqing ^c   Pavlic, Goran ^b   Li, Junhua ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cold region; EALCO model; GRACE observation; Uncertainty; Water budget

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LARGE DATASET; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; COLD REGIONS; GRACE OBSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY; WATER BUDGET;

BUDGET CONTROL;

COLD REGION; DRAINAGE BASIN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW MODELING; GRACE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

CANADA;

EID: 84927696370     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10343     Document Type: Article

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