The quality of precipitation (P) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) data greatly affects the hydrological modeling performance. Considerable attention has been paid to identifying influence biased P or PET inputs independently. However, few studies have explored joint interaction biases in on simulations. Here, we investigate mutual compensation performance two widely used conceptual models...

The components of the surface energy balance were measured for 3 years over a broadleaved deciduous forest using the eddy covariance technique. Within years, the magnitude and distribution of fluxes was controlled by seasonal changes in solar radiation, drought, as well as leaf emergence and senescence. Evapotranspiration increased by a factor greater than five (from about 0.5 to 3 mm day−1) af...

limitation of water resources in iran motivates sustaining and preserving of the resources in order to supply future water needs. fulfilling these objectives will not be possible unless having accurate water balance of watersheds. the purpose of this study is to estimate the water balance parameters using a distributed method. the large number of distributed models and methods was studied and “...

The Canadian boreal forest consists of a mosaic of landscapes of varying soil drainage and forest age driven by wildfire. The hydrological consequences are complicated by plant responses to soil moisture and forest age, both potentially influencing evapotranspiration. Evapotranspiration was measured using the energy balance residual technique in 2006 and 2007 at forested upland and fen sites th...

Evapotranspiration is a critical component of the water balance catchment, and riparian zones play crucial role in hydrological process. However, influence on evapotranspiration, especially at catchment scale, needs more investigation. Since evapotranspiration negligible night, difference recharge between day night generates diurnal fluctuations streamflows. A new method developed to estimate b...

This paper develops two different approaches for downscaling (disaggregation) passive microwave derived soil moisture from coarse resolution L-band observations. Ground and airborne data collected over Walnut Gulch experimental watershed during the Monsoon ’90 experiment were used to test these approaches. These data consisted of eight micrometeorological stations (METFLUX) and six flights of t...

The spatially distributed hydrologic model WetSpa is applied to the Torysa river basin (1,297 km) located in Slovakia. Daily hydrometeorological data from 1991 to 2000 are used as input to the model. The spatial characteristic of the basin are described by three base maps, i.e. DEM, landuse and soil type, in GIS form using 100 m cell size. Results of the simulations show a good agreement betwee...