Journal article
GCIP water and energy budget synthesis (WEBS)
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol.108(D16), 8609
08/27/2003
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002583
Abstract
As part of the World Climate Research Program's (WCRPs) Global Energy and Water‐Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental‐scale International Project (GCIP), a preliminary water and energy budget synthesis (WEBS) was developed for the period 1996–1999 from the “best available” observations and models. Besides this summary paper, a companion CD‐ROM with more extensive discussion, figures, tables, and raw data is available to the interested researcher from the GEWEX project office, the GAPP project office, or the first author. An updated online version of the CD‐ROM is also available at http://ecpc.ucsd.edu/gcip/webs.htm/. Observations cannot adequately characterize or “close” budgets since too many fundamental processes are missing. Models that properly represent the many complicated atmospheric and near‐surface interactions are also required. This preliminary synthesis therefore included a representative global general circulation model, regional climate model, and a macroscale hydrologic model as well as a global reanalysis and a regional analysis. By the qualitative agreement among the models and available observations, it did appear that we now qualitatively understand water and energy budgets of the Mississippi River Basin. However, there is still much quantitative uncertainty. In that regard, there did appear to be a clear advantage to using a regional analysis over a global analysis or a regional simulation over a global simulation to describe the Mississippi River Basin water and energy budgets. There also appeared to be some advantage to using a macroscale hydrologic model for at least the surface water budgets.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- GCIP water and energy budget synthesis (WEBS)
- Creators
- J Roads - University of California San DiegoW Krajewski - University of IowaR Lawford - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationL Luo - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyD Miller - Pennsylvania State UniversityK Mitchell - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationE Bainto - University of California San DiegoE Berbery - University of Maryland, College ParkS Chen - University of California San DiegoB Fekete - University of New HampshireK Gallo - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationA Grundstein - University of GeorgiaW Higgins - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationM Kanamitsu - University of California San DiegoV Lakshmi - University of South CarolinaD Leathers - University of DelawareD Lettenmaier - University of WashingtonE Maurer - University of WashingtonT Meyers - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationT Mote - University of GeorgiaR Pinker - University of Maryland, College ParkT Reichler - University of California San DiegoD Robinson - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyA Robock - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyJ Smith - Princeton UniversityG Srinivasan - Earth System Science Division Department of Science and Technology New Delhi IndiaK Verdin - United States Geological SurveyK Vinnikov - University of Maryland, College ParkT Vonder Haar - Colorado State UniversityC Vörösmarty - University of New HampshireS Williams - University Corporation for Atmospheric ResearchE Yarosh - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol.108(D16), 8609
- DOI
- 10.1029/2002JD002583
- ISSN
- 0148-0227
- eISSN
- 2156-2202
- Number of pages
- 39
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/27/2003
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984197177702771
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