Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
HESS
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3125-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3125-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Research article
 | 
29 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 29 Jun 2017

Calibration of a large-scale hydrological model using satellite-based soil moisture and evapotranspiration products

Patricia López López, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Jaap Schellekens, Geert Sterk, and Marc F. P. Bierkens

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3125-2017-supplement

Data sets

earth2observe/downscaling-tools: 2017.2 Pre-release J. Schellekens and F. S. Weiland https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.545779

Model code and software

PCR-GLOBWB model E. Sutanudjaja, R. van Beek, Y. Wada, J. Bosmans, N. Drost, I. de Graaf, K. de Jong, P. Lopez Lopez, S. Pessenteiner, S Oliver, M. Straatsma, N. Wanders, D. Wisser, and M. Bierkens https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.60764

PCR-GLOBWB model E. Sutanudjaja, R. van Beek, Y. Wada, J. Bosmans, N. Drost, I. de~Graaf, K. de Jong, P. Lopez Lopez, S. Pessenteiner, S. Oliver, M. Straatsma, N. Wanders, D. Wisser, and M. Bierkens, https://github.com/UU-Hydro/PCR-GLOBWB_model

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Short summary
We perform various calibration experiments of a large-scale hydrological model using satellite-based products of evapotranspiration and soil moisture in the Oum Er Rbia River basin in Morocco. In addition, we study the impact on discharge estimates of three global precipitation products in comparison with model parameter calibration. Results show that evapotranspiration and soil moisture observations can be used for model calibration, resulting in discharge estimates of acceptable accuracy.
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