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Main Title Land-Surface Hydrology Parameterization with Subgrid Variability for General Circulation Models.
Author Wood, E. F. ; Lettenmaier, D. P. ; Zartarian, V. G. ;
CORP Author Princeton Univ., NJ. Dept. of Civil Engineering. ;Washington Univ., Seattle. Dept. of Civil Engineering. ;Camp, Dresser and McKee, Inc., Cambridge, MA.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.;Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
Publisher c1992
Year Published 1992
Report Number DI-14-08-0001-G1138; EPA/600/J-92/288;
Stock Number PB92-217447
Additional Subjects General circulation models ; Hydrology ; Mathematical models ; Air land interactions ; Parameterization ; Evapotranspiration ; Drainage ; River basins ; Atmospheric circulation ; Climate ; Seasonal variations ; Base flow ; Infiltration ; Water balance ; Runoff ; Soil moisture ; French Broad River ; Reprints ; Variable infiltration capacity model
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Abstract Most of the existing generation of general circulation models (GCMs) use so-called bucket algorithms to represent land-surface hydrology. Biosphere-atmosphere models that include the transfer of energy, mass, and momentum between the atmosphere and the land surface are a recent alternative to the highly simplified representation of the land surface in GCMs. These models require estimation of a large number of parameters for which parameter estimation methods and supporting data remain to be developed. The authors describe a more incremental approach to generalizing the bucket representation of land-surface hydrology based on a model that represents the variation in infiltration capacity within a GCM grid cell. The variable infiltration capacity (VIC) model requires estimation of three parameters: an infiltration parameter, an evaporation parameter, and a base flow recession coefficient. The VIC model was explored through direct comparisons with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) bucket model for the French Broad River, North Carolina, and via sensitivity analysis for the GFDL R30 grid cell which contains the French Broad River. Generally, the bucket model runoff had much greater variability than the historic streamflows for short time scales; the VIC model was much more similar to the observed flows in this respect. (Copyright (c) 1992 by the American Geophysical Union.)
Supplementary Notes Pub. in Jnl. of Geophysical Research, v97 nD3 p2717-2728 Feb 92. Prepared in cooperation with Washington Univ., Seattle. Dept. of Civil Engineering, and Camp, Dresser and McKee, Inc., Cambridge, MA. Sponsored by Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR., and Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
NTIS Title Notes Journal article.
Title Annotations Reprint: Land-Surface Hydrology Parameterization with Subgrid Variability for General Circulation Models.
Category Codes 48G; 55C; 55B
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 600/02
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Control Number 226928028
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