Articles | Volume 21, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2015-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2015-2017
Research article
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13 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 13 Apr 2017

The effect of satellite-derived surface soil moisture and leaf area index land data assimilation on streamflow simulations over France

David Fairbairn, Alina Lavinia Barbu, Adrien Napoly, Clément Albergel, Jean-François Mahfouf, and Jean-Christophe Calvet

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (29 Jul 2016) by Wolfgang Wagner
AR by Jean-Christophe Calvet on behalf of the Authors (04 Aug 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Aug 2016) by Wolfgang Wagner
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (11 Oct 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (30 Nov 2016)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (01 Dec 2016) by Wolfgang Wagner
AR by Jean-Christophe Calvet on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Mar 2017) by Wolfgang Wagner
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (13 Mar 2017)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (14 Mar 2017) by Wolfgang Wagner
AR by Jean-Christophe Calvet on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (22 Mar 2017) by Wolfgang Wagner
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Short summary
This study assesses the impact on river discharge simulations over France of assimilating ASCAT-derived surface soil moisture (SSM) and leaf area index (LAI) observations into the ISBA land surface model. Wintertime LAI has a notable impact on river discharge. SSM assimilation degrades river discharge simulations. This is caused by limitations in the simplified versions of the Kalman filter and ISBA model used in this study. Implementing an observation operator for ASCAT is needed.