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Using normalised difference infrared index patterns to constrain semi-distributed rainfall–runoff models in tropical nested catchments
Nutchanart Sriwongsitanon
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Department of Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Remote Sensing Research Centre for Water Resources Management (SENSWAT), Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Wasana Jandang
Department of Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Remote Sensing Research Centre for Water Resources Management (SENSWAT), Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
James Williams
GRC Hydro Pty Ltd Level 20, 66 Goulburn St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Thienchart Suwawong
Department of Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Ekkarin Maekan
Department of Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Remote Sensing Research Centre for Water Resources Management (SENSWAT), Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Hubert H. G. Savenije
Department of Water Resources Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2600 GA Delft, the Netherlands
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Miombo woodland plants continue to lose water even during the driest part of the year. This appears to be facilitated by the adapted features such as deep rooting (beyond 5 m) with access to deep soil moisture, potentially even ground water. It appears the trend and amount of water that the plants lose is correlated more to the available energy. This loss of water in the dry season by miombo woodland plants appears to be incorrectly captured by satellite-based evaporation estimates.
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4187–4208, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4187-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4187-2022, 2022
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Laurène J. E. Bouaziz, Emma E. Aalbers, Albrecht H. Weerts, Mark Hegnauer, Hendrik Buiteveld, Rita Lammersen, Jasper Stam, Eric Sprokkereef, Hubert H. G. Savenije, and Markus Hrachowitz
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We developed predictive semi-distributed rainfall–runoff models for nested sub-catchments in the upper Ping basin, which yielded better or similar performance compared to calibrated lumped models. The normalised difference infrared index proves to be an effective proxy for distributed root zone moisture capacity over sub-catchments and is well correlated with the percentage of evergreen forest. In validation, soil moisture simulations appeared to be highly correlated with the soil wetness index.
We developed predictive semi-distributed rainfall–runoff models for nested sub-catchments in the...