Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models

cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10073en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0885-6087en
cg.issue22en
cg.journalHydrological Processesen
cg.river.basinNILEen
cg.subject.cpwfCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.cpwfWATER MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.ilriWATERen
cg.volume28en
dc.contributor.authorFuka, D.R.en
dc.contributor.authorWalter, M.T.en
dc.contributor.authorMacAlister, C.en
dc.contributor.authorDegaetano, A.T.en
dc.contributor.authorSteenhuis, Tammo S.en
dc.contributor.authorEaston, Z.M.en
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-16T19:06:25Zen
dc.date.available2014-01-16T19:06:25Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/34327
dc.titleUsing the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed modelsen
dcterms.abstractObtaining representative meteorological data for watershed-scale hydrological modelling can be difficult and time consuming. Land-based weather stations do not always adequately represent the weather occurring over a watershed, because they can be far from the watershed of interest and can have gaps in their data series, or recent data are not available. This study presents a method for using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) global meteorological dataset to obtain historical weather data and demonstrates the application to modelling five watersheds representing different hydroclimate regimes. CFSR data are available globally for each hour since 1979 at a 38-km resolution. Results show that utilizing the CFSR precipitation and temperature data to force a watershed model provides stream discharge simulations that are as good as or better than models forced using traditional weather gauging stations, especially when stations are more than 10 km from the watershed. These results further demonstrate that adding CFSR data to the suite of watershed modelling tools provides new opportunities for meeting the challenges of modelling un-gauged watersheds and advancing real-time hydrological modelling.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2013-10-07
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFuka, D.R., Walter, M.T., MacAlister, C., Degaetano, A.T., Steenhuis, T.S. and Easton, Z.M. 2013. Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models. Hydrological Processesen
dcterms.extentpp. 5613-5623en
dcterms.issued2014-10-30
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectwateren
dcterms.subjectclimateen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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