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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4815-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4815-2018
Research article
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18 Sep 2018
Research article |  | 18 Sep 2018

Toward continental hydrologic–hydrodynamic modeling in South America

Vinícius A. Siqueira, Rodrigo C. D. Paiva, Ayan S. Fleischmann, Fernando M. Fan, Anderson L. Ruhoff, Paulo R. M. Pontes, Adrien Paris, Stéphane Calmant, and Walter Collischonn

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Providing reliable estimates of water fluxes at the continental scale is challenging. We extended a regional hydrological model to the entirety of South America and assessed its performance using multiple observations. After a comparison with global models, we show the extent to which estimates of daily river discharge can be improved, even by using global forcing data. Issues of global-/continental-scale modeling and future directions for simulating discharge in this continent are discussed.