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Large-scale hydrological model river storage and discharge correction using a satellite altimetry-based discharge product
Charlotte Marie Emery
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
now at: JPL, Pasadena, CA, USA
Adrien Paris
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
GET, Université de Toulouse, UPS, CNRS, IRD, Toulouse, France
LMI OCE IRD/UNB, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasilia, Brazil
now at: CLS, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
Sylvain Biancamaria
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Aaron Boone
Meteo France CNRS, CNRM UMR 3589, Toulouse, France
Stéphane Calmant
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
Pierre-André Garambois
ICUBE – UMR 7357, Fluid Mechanics Team, INSA, Strasbourg, France
Joecila Santos da Silva
CESTU, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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Short summary
This study uses remotely sensed river discharge data to correct river storage and discharge in a large-scale hydrological model. The method is based on an ensemble Kalman filter and also introduces an additional technique that allows for better constraint of the correction (called localization). The approach is applied over the entire Amazon basin. Results show that the method is able to improve river discharge and localization to produce better results along main tributaries.
This study uses remotely sensed river discharge data to correct river storage and discharge in a...
