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Estimating degree-day factors of snow based on energy flux components
Muhammad Fraz Ismail
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TUM School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Department of Civil Engineering, Koblenz University of Applied
Sciences, Koblenz, Germany
Wolfgang Bogacki
Department of Civil Engineering, Koblenz University of Applied
Sciences, Koblenz, Germany
Markus Disse
TUM School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Michael Schäfer
Department of Civil Engineering, Koblenz University of Applied
Sciences, Koblenz, Germany
Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, Japan
Lothar Kirschbauer
Department of Civil Engineering, Koblenz University of Applied
Sciences, Koblenz, Germany
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Fabian Merk, Timo Schaffhauser, Faizan Anwar, Ye Tuo, Jean-Martial Cohard, and Markus Disse
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-131, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-131, 2024
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Lu Tian, Markus Disse, and Jingshui Huang
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 27, 4115–4133, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4115-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4115-2023, 2023
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Punit K. Bhola, Jorge Leandro, and Markus Disse
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Yang Yu, Markus Disse, Philipp Huttner, Xi Chen, Andreas Brieden, Marie Hinnenthal, Haiyan Zhang, Jiaqiang Lei, Fanjiang Zeng, Lingxiao Sun, Yuting Gao, and Ruide Yu
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2020-80, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2020-80, 2020
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Punit Kumar Bhola, Jorge Leandro, and Markus Disse
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 1445–1457, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1445-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1445-2019, 2019
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 6187–6207, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6187-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6187-2018, 2018
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Beatrice Dittes, Maria Kaiser, Olga Špačková, Wolfgang Rieger, Markus Disse, and Daniel Straub
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 1327–1347, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1327-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1327-2018, 2018
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Dagnenet Fenta Mekonnen and Markus Disse
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2391–2408, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2391-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2391-2018, 2018
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Muhammad Fraz Ismail and Wolfgang Bogacki
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Erwin Isaac Polanco, Amr Fleifle, Ralf Ludwig, and Markus Disse
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 4907–4926, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4907-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4907-2017, 2017
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In this research, SWAT was used to model the upper Blue Nile Basin where comparisons between ground and CFSR data were done. Furthermore, this paper introduced the SWAT error index (SEI), an additional tool to measure the level of error of hydrological models. This work proposed an approach or methodology that can effectively be followed to create better and more efficient hydrological models.
Wolfgang Bogacki and M. Fraz Ismail
Proc. IAHS, 374, 137–142, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-374-137-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-374-137-2016, 2016
Markus Disse
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Short summary
Fresh water from mountainous catchments in the form of snowmelt and ice melt is of critical importance especially in the summer season for people living in these regions. In general, limited data availability is the core concern while modelling the snow and ice melt components from these mountainous catchments. This research will be helpful in selecting realistic parameter values (i.e. degree-day factor) while calibrating the temperature-index models for data-scarce regions.
Fresh water from mountainous catchments in the form of snowmelt and ice melt is of critical...
