Data assimilation of GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates into a regional hydrological model of the Rhine River basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2079-2100

  Tangdamrongsub, N ^a   Steele Dunne, S C ^b   Gunter, B C ^a,c   Ditmar, P G ^a   Weerts, A H ^d,e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; METEOROLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHEDS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; GRACE TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGES; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT DATUM; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; REGIONAL HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUGE; GRACE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KALMAN FILTER; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER STORAGE;

RHINE BASIN;

EID: 84929192016     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-2079-2015     Document Type: Article

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