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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3451-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3451-2020
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09 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2020

Sensitivity of meteorological-forcing resolution on hydrologic variables

Fadji Z. Maina, Erica R. Siirila-Woodburn, and Pouya Vahmani

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Projecting the changes in water resources under a no-analog future climate requires integrated hydrologic models. However, these models are plagued by several sources of uncertainty. A hydrologic model was forced with various resolutions of meteorological forcing (0.5 to 40.5 km) to assess its sensitivity to these inputs. We show that most hydrologic variables reveal biases that are seasonally and spatially dependent, which can have serious implications for calibration and water management.
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