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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-349-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-349-2020
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Research article
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24 Jan 2020
Research article |
| 24 Jan 2020
| 24 Jan 2020
On the configuration and initialization of a large-scale hydrological land surface model to represent permafrost
Mohamed E. Elshamy
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11
Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Daniel Princz
Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Gonzalo Sapriza-Azuri
Departamento del Agua, Centro Universitario Regional Norte (CENUR), Litoral Norte,
Universidad de la República, Salto, Uruguay
Mohamed S. Abdelhamed
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11
Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Al Pietroniro
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11
Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Howard S. Wheater
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11
Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Saman Razavi
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, 11
Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Assessment of a hydrologic-land surface model to simulate thermo-hydrologic evolution of permafrost regions M. Abdelhamed et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132161
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- Land surface hydrological modelling of the Mackenzie River Basin: Parametrization to simulate streamflow and permafrost dynamics M. Elshamy et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133134
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- Towards the incorporation of hydrogeochemistry into the modelling of permafrost environments: a review of recent recommendations, considerations, and literature C. Lapalme et al. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0038
- On the Spin‐Up Strategy for Spatial Modeling of Permafrost Dynamics: A Case Study on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau H. Ji et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002750
- Data assimilation of satellite-based terrestrial water storage changes into a hydrology land-surface model A. Bahrami et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125744
- Hydrologic‐land surface modelling of the Canadian sporadic‐discontinuous permafrost: Initialization and uncertainty propagation M. Abdelhamed et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14509
- Advances in modelling large river basins in cold regions with Modélisation Environmentale Communautaire—Surface and Hydrology (MESH), the Canadian hydrological land surface scheme H. Wheater et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14557
- Numerical Study of Coupled Water and Vapor Flow, Heat Transfer, and Solute Transport in Variably‐Saturated Deformable Soil During Freeze‐Thaw Cycles X. Huang & D. Rudolph https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032146
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Short summary
Permafrost is an important feature of cold-region hydrology and needs to be properly represented in hydrological and land surface models (H-LSMs), especially under the observed and expected climate warming trends. This study aims to devise a robust, yet computationally efficient, initialization and parameterization approach for permafrost. We used permafrost observations from three sites along the Mackenzie River valley spanning different permafrost classes to test the validity of the approach.
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