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Sensitivities of subgrid-scale physics schemes, meteorological forcing, and topographic radiation in atmosphere-through-bedrock integrated process models: a case study in the Upper Colorado River basin
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
Erica R. Siirila-Woodburn
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
Alan M. Rhoades
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
Daniel Feldman
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
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Short summary
The goal of this study is to understand the uncertainties of different modeling configurations for simulating hydroclimate responses in the mountainous watershed. We run a group of climate models with various configurations and evaluate them against various reference datasets. This paper integrates a climate model and a hydrology model to have a full understanding of the atmospheric-through-bedrock hydrological processes.
The goal of this study is to understand the uncertainties of different modeling configurations...
