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Land Surface Processes in Hydrology

Trials and Tribulations of Modeling and Measuring

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Soroosh Sorooshian

    1. Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  2. Hoshin V. Gupta

    1. Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  3. John C. Rodda

    1. Hydrology and Water Resources Department, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
      International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries I: (ASII, volume 46)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  3. Precipitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. The Measurement of Rainfall

      • C. G. Collier
      Pages 75-111

    3. Modeling of Heavy Rainfall

      • J. A. Smith, A. A. Bradley
      Pages 113-134

    4. Capabilities of Microwave Sensors for Monitoring Areal Extent and Physical Properties of the Snowpack

      • Helmut Rott
      Pages 135-167

    5. The Challenges We Face: Panel Discussion on Precipitation

      • Hoshin Gupta, Soroosh Sorooshian
      Pages 169-180

    6. The Question of Priorities in Rainfall Information and Data: A Minority Viewpoint?

      • Sharon Nicholson
      Pages 181-182

    7. The Challenges We Face: Panel Discussion on Snow

      • Hoshin Gupta, Soroosh Sorooshian
      Pages 183-187
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General circulation models (GCMs) predict certain changes in the amounts and distribution of precipitation, but the conversion of these predictions of impacts on water resources presents novel problems in hydrologic modeling, particularly with regard to the scale of the processes involved. Therefore improved, distributed GCMs are required. New remote sensing technologies provide the necessary spatially distributed data. However, there are many attendant problems with the translation of remotely sensed signals into hydrologically relevant information. This book elucidates how to improve the representation of land surface hydrologic processes in GCMs and in regional and global scale climate studies. It is divided into five sections: Models and Data; Precipitation; Soil Moisture; Evapotranspiration; Runoff.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Soroosh Sorooshian, Hoshin V. Gupta

  • Hydrology and Water Resources Department, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    John C. Rodda

  • International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK

    John C. Rodda

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