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Apr 26, 2012
Radar Rainfall Estimates for Great Lakes Hydrologic Models
Authors: David W. Watkins, Jr., Hebi Li, Kenneth A. Thiemann, and Thomas E. Adams, IIIAuthor Affiliations
Publication: World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003
Abstract
This study evaluates potential biases in radar rainfall data being considered for use in hydrologic models for Great Lakes forecasting. Precipitation estimates from Weather Surveillance Radar — 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) are input to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Large Basin Runoff Model (GLERL-LBRM), and results from this model with both radar (MAPX) precipitation estimates and Thiessen-weighted rain gage (MAP) data are compared to observed flows. Case study results are presented for several watersheds in Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Long-term goals are to recalibrate the existing lumped-parameter models based on MAPX data, develop more distributed hydrologic models, and utilize radar precipitation data to estimate precipitation over the lakes and in watersheds with sparse rain gage networks.
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World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003
Pages: 1 - 10
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© 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Bodies of water (by type)
- Case studies
- Climates
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Equipment and machinery
- Geomatics
- Hydrologic data
- Hydrologic engineering
- Hydrologic models
- Hydrology
- Lakes
- Mapping
- Meteorology
- Methodology (by type)
- Models (by type)
- Precipitation
- Radar
- Rainfall
- Research methods (by type)
- Surveying methods
- Water and water resources
- Water management
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David W. Watkins, Jr.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931
Hebi Li
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931
Kenneth A. Thiemann
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931
Thomas E. Adams, III
Ohio River Forecast Center, National Weather Service, 1901 South State Route 134, Wilmington, OH 45117
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