Are general circulation models ready for operational streamflow forecasting for water management in the ganges and brahmaputra river Basins?

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 195-210

  Sikder, Safat ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^a   Roberts, Jason B ^b   Robertson, Franklin ^b   Shum, C K ^c   Turk, Francis J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DOWNSCALING; HINDCASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; GANGES BASIN; GANGES RIVER;

EID: 84957889856     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0099.1     Document Type: Article

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