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Revisiting a Hydrological Analysis Framework with International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Initiative 2 Rainfall, Net Radiation, and Runoff FieldsThe International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Initiative 2 (ISLSCP-2) data set provides the data needed to characterize the surface water budget across much of the globe in terms of energy availability (net radiation) and water availability (precipitation) controls. The data, on average, are shown to be consistent with Budyko s decades-old framework, thereby demonstrating the continuing relevance of Budyko s semiempirical relationships. This consistency, however, appears only when a small subset of the data with hydrologically suspicious behavior is removed from the analysis. In general, the precipitation, net radiation, and runoff data also appear consistent in their interannual variability and in the phasing of their seasonal cycles.
Document ID
20080015867
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Koster, Randal D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fekete, Balazs M.
(New Hampshire Univ. Durham, NH, United States)
Huffman, George J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Stackhouse, Paul W.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 2006
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 509496.02.01.01.13
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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