Evaluating regional and global hydrological models against streamflow and evapotranspiration measurements

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 995-1010

  Zhang, Yongqiang ^a   Zheng, Hongxing ^a   Chiew, Francis H S ^a   Peña Arancibia, Jorge ^a   Zhou, Xinyao ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Hydrometeorology; Interannual variability; Land surface model; Models and modeling; Parameterization; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84961392590     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0107.1     Document Type: Article

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