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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2301-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2301-2017
Research article
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03 May 2017
Research article |  | 03 May 2017

Effects of uncertainty in soil properties on simulated hydrological states and fluxes at different spatio-temporal scales

Gabriele Baroni, Matthias Zink, Rohini Kumar, Luis Samaniego, and Sabine Attinger

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Three methods are used to characterize the uncertainty in soil properties. The effect on simulated states and fluxes is quantified using a distributed hydrological model. Different impacts are identified as function of the perturbation method, of the model outputs and of the spatio-temporal resolution. The study underlines the importance of a proper characterization of the uncertainty in soil properties for a correct assessment of their role and further improvements in the model application.