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A Vector‐Based River Routing Model for Earth System Models: Parallelization and Global Applications

Naoki Mizukami, Martyn Clark, Shervan Gharari, Erik Kluzek, Ming Pan, Peirong Lin, Hylke E. Beck, Dai Yamazaki

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · 2021

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Abstract A vector‐river network explicitly uses realistic geometries of river reaches and catchments for spatial discretization in a river model. This enables improving the accuracy of the physical properties of the modeled river system, compared to a gridded river network that has been used in Earth System Models. With a finer‐scale river network, resolving smaller‐scale river reaches, there is a need for efficient methods to route streamflow and its constituents throughout the river network. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) develop a new method to decompose river networks into hydrologically independent tributary domains, where routing computations can be performed in parallel; and (2) perform global river routing simulations with two global river networks, with different scales

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1029/2020ms002434
Catalogue ID
BFmoef2us2-fqgyqh
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