Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3125-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3125-2017
Research article
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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

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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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