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A Second-order Budyko-type Parameterization of Landsurface Hydrology

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Andreou, Stefanos A.; Eagleson, Peter S.
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Abstract
This work develops a simple, second-order parameterization of the water fluxes at a landsurface for use as the appropriate boundary condition in general circulation models of the global atmosphere. The derived parameterization incorporates the high non-linearities in the relationship between the near-surface soil moisture and the evaporation, runoff and percolation fluxes. Based on the one-dimensional statistical-dynamic derivation of the annual water balance developed by Eagleson (1978), it makes the transition to short term prediction of the moisture fluxes, through a Taylor expansion around the average annual soil moisture. A comparison of the suggested parameterization is made with other existing techniques and available measurements. A thermodynamic coupling is applied in order to obtain estimations of the surface ground temperature.
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Prepared under the Support of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant NAG 5-134
Date issued
1982-06
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143019
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Cambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering
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280
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R (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil Engineering) ; 82-36.Report (Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics) ; 280.

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