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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4323-2022
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24 Aug 2022
Research article |
| 24 Aug 2022
| 24 Aug 2022
Benchmarking global hydrological and land surface models against GRACE in a medium-sized tropical basin
Silvana Bolaños Chavarría
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Grupo de Ingeniería y Gestión Ambiental (GIGA), Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Sostenible (GIS), Facultad de Ingeniería, Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid, Medellín, Colombia
Micha Werner
Water Resources and Ecosystems Department, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, the Netherlands
Juan Fernando Salazar
Grupo de Ingeniería y Gestión Ambiental (GIGA), Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
Teresita Betancur Vargas
Grupo de Ingeniería y Gestión Ambiental (GIGA), Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
Publisher's note: Teresita Betancur Vargas was added as co-author to this paper on 19 October 2022. They originally contributed to the manuscript but were missing in the author list upon publication.
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Using total water storage (TWS) from GRACE satellites, we assess the reliability of global hydrological and land surface models over a medium-sized tropical basin with a well-developed gauging network. We find the models poorly represent TWS for the monthly series, but they improve in representing seasonality and long-term trends. We conclude that GRACE provides a valuable dataset to benchmark global simulations of TWS change, offering a useful tool to improve global models in tropical basins.
Using total water storage (TWS) from GRACE satellites, we assess the reliability of global...
