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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4051-2019
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Research article
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01 Oct 2019
Research article |
| 01 Oct 2019
| 01 Oct 2019
Upgraded global mapping information for earth system modelling: an application to surface water depth at the ECMWF
Margarita Choulga
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Research Department, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Ekaterina Kourzeneva
Research Department, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki,
00560, Finland
Gianpaolo Balsamo
Research Department, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Souhail Boussetta
Research Department, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Nils Wedi
Research Department, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
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Short summary
Lakes influence weather and climate of regions, especially if several of them are located close by. Just by using upgraded lake depths, based on new or more recent measurements and geological methods of depth estimation, errors of lake surface water forecasts produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts became 12–20 % lower compared with observations for 27 lakes collected by the Finnish Environment Institute. For ice-off date forecasts errors changed insignificantly.
Lakes influence weather and climate of regions, especially if several of them are located close...
