Evaluating the streamflow simulation capability of PERSIANN-CDR daily rainfall products in two river basins on the Tibetan Plateau

Liu, Xiaomang; Yang, Tiantian; Hsu, Koulin; Liu, Changming; Sorooshian, Soroosh

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-169-2017

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Modeling hydrological processes and changes

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-169-2017

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Research article

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10 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 10 Jan 2017

Evaluating the streamflow simulation capability of PERSIANN-CDR daily rainfall products in two river basins on the Tibetan Plateau

Xiaomang Liu, Tiantian Yang, Koulin Hsu, Changming Liu, and Soroosh Sorooshian

Data sets

GLDAS precipitation National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) http://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/gldas/

PERSIANN-CDR rainfall National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) ftp://data.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/persiann/files/

Short summary

A long-term, global, high-resolution, satellite-based precipitation estimation database (PERSIANN-CDR) was recently released. We evaluate the streamflow simulation capability of PERSIANN-CDR over two major river basins on the Tibetan Plateau. Results show that PERSIANN-CDR is a good alternative for a sparse gauge network and has the potentials for future hydrological and climate studies. The streamflow uncertainties are due to the hydrological model parameters and the length of calibration data.