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Regional scale hydrology: I. Formulation of the VIC-2L model coupled to a routing model

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: A grid network version of the two-layer Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC-2L) macroscale hydrological model is described. The VIC-2L model is a hydrologically-based SVAT (Soil Vegetation Atmospheric Transfer) scheme designed to represent the land surface in numerical weather prediction and climate models. It is coupled to a linear routing scheme which is optimized with measured precipitation and streamflow data and is derived independently from the VIC-2L model. In this way it is possible to utilize streamflow measurements for the validation of coupled atmospheric-hydrological models. A baseflow separation routine is used to derive an equivalent description between the VIC-2L model and the routing model.

Source: Hydrological Sciences Journal

DOI: 10.1080/02626669809492107

Authors: D. LOHMANN, E. RASCHKE, B. NIJSSEN, D. P. LETTENMAIER

Institutions: Max Planck Society, University of Washington

Language: English

Topic: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Subfield: Water Science and Technology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, Princeton University, University of Washington, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst