Articles | Volume 20, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3059-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3059-2016
Research article
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29 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 29 Jul 2016

Improved large-scale hydrological modelling through the assimilation of streamflow and downscaled satellite soil moisture observations

Patricia López López, Niko Wanders, Jaap Schellekens, Luigi J. Renzullo, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, and Marc F. P. Bierkens

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 Feb 2016) by Graham Jewitt
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ED: Publish as is (05 Jul 2016) by Graham Jewitt
AR by Patricia López López on behalf of the Authors (13 Jul 2016)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
We perform a joint assimilation experiment of high-resolution satellite soil moisture and discharge observations in the Murrumbidgee River basin with a large-scale hydrological model. Additionally, we study the impact of high- and low-resolution meteorological forcing on the model performance. We show that the assimilation of high-resolution satellite soil moisture and discharge observations has a significant impact on discharge simulations and can bring them closer to locally calibrated models.