A global water resources ensemble of hydrological models: The eartH2Observe Tier-1 dataset

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 389-413

  Schellekens, Jaap ^a   Dutra, Emanuel ^b,o   Martínez De La Torre, Alberto ^c   Balsamo, Gianpaolo ^b   Van Dijk, Albert ^d   Sperna Weiland, Frederiek ^a   Minvielle, Marie ^e   Calvet, Jean Christophe ^e   Decharme, Bertrand ^e   Eisner, Stephanie ^f   Fink, Gabriel ^f   Flörke, Martina ^f   Peßenteiner, Stefanie ^g   Van Beek, Rens ^g   Polcher, Jan ^h   Beck, Hylke ^i,p   Orth, René ^j   Calton, Ben ^k   Burke, Sophia ^l   Dorigo, Wouter ^m   Weedon, Graham P ⁿ   more..

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

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

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

ⁱ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^j Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^k PML Applications Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^l AmbioTEK Community Interest Company   (United Kingdom)

^m VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

ⁿ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^p Princeton University   (United States)

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EID: 85021752394     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-9-389-2017     Document Type: Article

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