The usability of 250 m resolution data from the UK Meteorological Office Unified Model as input data for a hydrological model
✍ Scribed by P. M. Younger; A. M. Gadian; C-G. Wang; J. E. Freer; K. J. Beven
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 303 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1350-4827
- DOI
- 10.1002/met.46
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This article examines whether very‐high resolution (250 m) data provided by the United Kingdom Meteorological Office Unified Model (UM) could be used as an input to a hydrological model for hydrological forecasting purposes. A summer convective event and a winter stratiform event are both considered and it is found that in these two cases, despite errors in both the positioning and timing of storms the predictions were of a sufficient quality to provide beneficial inputs for hydrological modelling. There are encouraging indications that this technique may be valuable in improving flood forecasting generally. Copyright © 2008 Royal Meteorological Society