ORNL DAAC Data Set ISLSCP II UNH/GRDC COMPOSITE MONTHLY RUNOFF

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Project: ISLSCP II

Project: ISLSCP II
The International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Initiative II

Data Set: ISLSCP II UNH/GRDC COMPOSITE MONTHLY RUNOFF

Data Set: ISLSCP II UNH/GRDC COMPOSITE MONTHLY RUNOFF
The University of New Hampshire (UNH)/Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) composite runoff data combines simulated water balance model runoff estimates derived from climate forcing with monitored river discharge. It can be viewed as a data assimilation applied in a water balance model context (conceptually similar to the commonly used 4DDA techniques used in meteorological modeling). Such a data assimilation scheme preserves the spatial specificity of the water balance calculations while constrained by the more accurate discharge measurement. There are 11 data files in this data set and 1 changemap file which shows the differences between the ISLSCP II land/water mask and the original data set.

Detailed Documentation: Data Set Reference Document

Companion Files:

• 0_comp_runoff_month_readme.txt
• 1_comp_runoff_month_doc.pdf

Citation:

Citation:
Fekete, B., and C. J. Vorosmarty. 2011. ISLSCP II UNH/GRDC Composite Monthly Runoff. In Hall, Forrest G., G. Collatz, B. Meeson, S. Los, E. Brown de Colstoun, and D. Landis (eds.). ISLSCP Initiative II Collection. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov/] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov/] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/994

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Download Data Set Files: (67.9 MBytes in 12 Files)
All Data Taken At Latitude: 90.00N, Longitude: 180.00E

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