Performance of site-specific parameterizations of longwave radiation

Formetta, Giuseppe; Bancheri, Marialaura; David, Olaf; Rigon, Riccardo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4641-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4641-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4641-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 11

Research article

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18 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 18 Nov 2016

Performance of site-specific parameterizations of longwave radiation

Giuseppe Formetta, Marialaura Bancheri, Olaf David, and Riccardo Rigon

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4641-2016-supplement

Data sets

LongWaveRadiationBalance M. Bancheri https://github.com/geoframecomponents/LongWaveRadiationBalance

LWRB component latest documentation M. Bancheri http://geoframe.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/lwrb-component-latest-documentation.html

Short summary

Ten algorithms for estimating DL and one for UL are integrated in a new model (LWRB) and connected to hydrological model JGrass-NewAge. The algorithms are tested against energy flux measurements available for 24 sites in North America to assess their reliability. We evaluated the performances of simplified models (SMs) of DL, as presented in literature formulations, and determined by automatic calibration the site-specific parameter sets for SMs of DL to improve model predictions.