Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2429-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2429-2018
Model description paper
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20 Jun 2018
Model description paper |  | 20 Jun 2018

PCR-GLOBWB 2: a 5 arcmin global hydrological and water resources model

Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Rens van Beek, Niko Wanders, Yoshihide Wada, Joyce H. C. Bosmans, Niels Drost, Ruud J. van der Ent, Inge E. M. de Graaf, Jannis M. Hoch, Kor de Jong, Derek Karssenberg, Patricia López López, Stefanie Peßenteiner, Oliver Schmitz, Menno W. Straatsma, Ekkamol Vannametee, Dominik Wisser, and Marc F. P. Bierkens

Data sets

PCR-GLOBWB 2 input files version 2017_11_beta_1 E. H. Sutanudjaja, R. van Beek, N. Wanders, Y. Wada, J. Bosmans, N. Drost, R. van der Ent, I. de Graaf, J. Hoch, K. de Jong, D. Karssenberg, P. López López, S. Peßenteiner, O. Schmitz, M. Straatsma, E. Vannametee, D. Wisser, and M. Bierkens https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1045338

Model code and software

PCR-GLOBWB_model: PCR-GLOBWB version v2.1.0_beta_1 E. H. Sutanudjaja, R. van Beek, N. Wanders, Y. Wada, J. Bosmans, N. Drost, R. van der Ent, I. de Graaf, J. Hoch, K. de Jong, D. Karssenberg, P. López López, S. Peßenteiner, O. Schmitz, M. Straatsma, E. Vannametee, D. Wisser, and M. Bierkens https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.595656

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Short summary
PCR-GLOBWB 2 is an integrated hydrology and water resource model that fully integrates water use simulation and consolidates all features that have been developed since PCR-GLOBWB 1 was introduced. PCR-GLOBWB 2 can have a global coverage at 5 arcmin resolution and supersedes PCR-GLOBWB 1, which has a resolution of 30 arcmin only. Comparing the 5 arcmin with 30 arcmin simulations using discharge data, we clearly find improvement in the model performance of the higher-resolution model.