Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4999-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4999-2016
Research article
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19 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 19 Dec 2016

EnKF with closed-eye period – towards a consistent aggregation of information in soil hydrology

Hannes H. Bauser, Stefan Jaumann, Daniel Berg, and Kurt Roth

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The representation of soil water movement comes with uncertainties in all model components. We assess the key uncertainties for the case of a one-dimensional soil profile with measured water contents. We employ a data assimilation method to represent and reduce the key uncertainties. For intermittent phases where model assumptions are violated, we introduce a "closed-eye period" to bridge the gap. We also demonstrate the need to include heterogeneity.