Hydrological Modelling and the Water Cycle: Coupling the Atmospheric and Hydrological Models

Soroosh Sorooshian, Kuo-lin Hsu, Erika Coppola, Barbara Tomassetti, Marco Verdecchia, Guido Visconti354077842X, 9783540778424, 9783540778431

This collected work reports on the state of the art of hydrological model simulation, as well as the methods for satellite-based rainfall estimation. Mainly addressed to scientists and researchers, the contributions have the structure of a standard paper appearing in most cited hydrological, atmospheric and climate journals. Several already-known hydrological models and a few novel ones are presented, as well as the satellite-based precipitation techniques. As the field of hydrologic modeling is experiencing rapid development and transition to application of distributed models, many challenges including overcoming the requirements of compatible observations of inputs and outputs are addressed.