Campus Units
Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Agronomy, Aerospace Engineering, Ames Laboratory
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
8-2010
Journal or Book Title
Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Volume
19
Issue
4
First Page
341
Last Page
346
DOI
10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0464
Abstract
We use Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) when driven by observations and results of climate models to evaluate hydrological quantities, including streamflow, in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMRB) for 1981–2003 in comparison to observed streamflow. Daily meteorological conditions used as input to SWAT are taken from (1) observations at weather stations in the basin, (2) daily meteorological conditions simulated by a collection of regional climate models (RCMs) driven by reanalysis boundary conditions, and (3) daily meteorological conditions simulated by a collection of global climate models (GCMs). Regional models used are those whose data are archived by the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP). Results show that regional models correctly simulate the seasonal cycle of precipitation, temperature, and streamflow within the basin. Regional models also capture interannual extremes represented by the flood of 1993 and the dry conditions of 2000. The ensemble means of both the GCM-driven and RCMdriven simulations by SWAT capture both the timing and amplitude of the seasonal cycle of streamflow with neither demonstrating significant superiority at the basin level.
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Copyright Owner
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Stuttgart
Copyright Date
2010
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Takle, Eugene S.; Jha, Manoj K.; Lu, Er; Arritt, Raymond W.; and Gutowski, William J., "Streamflow in the upper Mississippi river basin as simulated by SWAT driven by 20th Century contemporary results of global climate models and NARCCAP regional climate models" (2010). Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Publications. 179.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ge_at_pubs/179
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Comments
This article is published as Takle, Eugene S., Manoj Jha, Er Lu, Raymond W. Arritt, and William J. Gutowski. "Streamflow in the upper Mississippi river basin as simulated by SWAT driven by 20th Century contemporary results of global climate models and NARCCAP regional climate models." Meteorologische Zeitschrift 19, no. 4 (2010): 341-346. DOI:10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0464. Posted with permission.