Embedding complex hydrology in the climate system - Towards fully coupled climate-hydrology models

Michael Butts; Søren H. Rasmussen; Marc Ridler; Morten A D Larsen; Martin Drews; Sara Lerer; Jesper Overgaard; Jesper Grooss; Dan Rosbjerg; Jens H. Christensen; Jens C. Refsgaard

Embedding complex hydrology in the climate system - Towards fully coupled climate-hydrology models

Michael Butts, Søren H. Rasmussen, Marc Ridler, Morten A D Larsen, Martin Drews, Sara Lerer, Jesper Overgaard, Jesper Grooss, Dan Rosbjerg, Jens H. Christensen, Jens C. Refsgaard

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Abstract

Motivated by the need to develop better tools to understand the impact of future management and climate change on water resources, we present a set of studies with the overall aim of developing a fully dynamic coupling between a comprehensive hydrological model, MIKE SHE, and a regional climate model, HIRHAM. The physics of the coupling is formulated using an energy-based SVAT (land surface) model while the numerical coupling exploits the OpenMI modelling interface. First, some investigations of the applicability of the SVAT model are presented, including our ability to characterise distributed parameters using satellite remote sensing. Secondly, field data are used to investigate the effects of model resolution and parameter scales for use in a coupled model. Finally, the development of the fully coupled climate-hydrology model is described and some of the challenges associated with coupling models for hydrological processes on sub-grid scales of the regional climate model are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology - Proceedings of Symposium H01
Number of pages	7
Volume	359
Place of Publication	Gothenburg, Sweden
Publisher	IAHS Press
Publication date	1 Jan 2013
Pages	133-139
ISBN (Print)	9781907161377
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013
Event	2013 International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Symposium on Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 22 Jul 2013 → 26 Jul 2013

Conference

Conference	2013 International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Symposium on Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	22/07/2013 → 26/07/2013
Sponsor	(GLASS) of the Global Energy and, Global Land/Atmosphere System Study, IAHS Int. Comm. on Coupled Land-Atmosphere Systems (ICCLAS), Remote Sensing (ICRS) and Surface Water (ICSW), Water Exchanges Project (GEWEX)

Keywords

Atmospheric feedbacks
Climate change
Coupling
HIRHAM
Hydrological modelling
Land surface modelling
MIKE SHE
Remote sensing
SVAT

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Butts, M., Rasmussen, S. H., Ridler, M., Larsen, M. A. D., Drews, M., Lerer, S., Overgaard, J., Grooss, J., Rosbjerg, D., Christensen, J. H., & Refsgaard, J. C. (2013). Embedding complex hydrology in the climate system - Towards fully coupled climate-hydrology models. In Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology - Proceedings of Symposium H01 (Vol. 359, pp. 133-139). IAHS Press.

Embedding complex hydrology in the climate system - Towards fully coupled climate-hydrology models. / Butts, Michael; Rasmussen, Søren H.; Ridler, Marc et al.

Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology - Proceedings of Symposium H01. Vol. 359 Gothenburg, Sweden : IAHS Press, 2013. p. 133-139.

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Butts, M, Rasmussen, SH, Ridler, M, Larsen, MAD, Drews, M, Lerer, S, Overgaard, J, Grooss, J, Rosbjerg, D, Christensen, JH & Refsgaard, JC 2013, Embedding complex hydrology in the climate system - Towards fully coupled climate-hydrology models. in Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology - Proceedings of Symposium H01. vol. 359, IAHS Press, Gothenburg, Sweden, pp. 133-139, 2013 International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Symposium on Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 22/07/2013.

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