Impact model: HYMOD-JLU

Sector
Water (regional)
Region
regional

HYMOD-JLU is one of the 15 regional hydrology models following the ISIMIP2a protocol which form the base of simulations for the ISIMIP2a regional water sector outputs; for a full technical description of the ISIMIP2a Simulation Data from Water (regional) Sector, see this DOI link: http://doi.org/10.5880/PIK.2018.007

Information for the model HYMOD-JLU is provided for the simulation rounds shown in the tabs below. Click on the appropriate tab to get the information for the simulation round you are interested in.

Person responsible for model simulations in this simulation round
Lutz Breuer: lutz.breuer@umwelt.uni-giessen.de, 0000-0001-9720-1076, University Giessen (Germany)
Alejandro Chamorro: scherzis@gmail.com, University Giessen (Germany)
Philipp Kraft: Philipp.Kraft@umwelt.uni-giessen.de, 0000-0002-0991-8366, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen (Germany)
Output Data
Experiments: historical (Rhine, Ganges, Mississippi)
Climate Drivers: None
Date: 2017-02-20
Resolution
Spatial aggregation: regular grid
Horizontal resolution: 0.5°x0.5°
Temporal resolution of input data: climate variables: daily
Input data
Observed atmospheric climate data sets used: WATCH (WFD)
Climate variables: tasmax, tas, tasmin, rlds, wind, rhs, rsds, pr
Spin-up
Was a spin-up performed?: Yes
Methods
Potential evapotranspiration: Hargreaves and Samani method
Snow melt: Degree-day method
Routing
Runoff routing: Quick and slow flows tanks and linear reservoirs