Coupling a glacier melt model to the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model for hydrological modeling in north-western China

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 87 - 101
• Main Authors: Zhao, Qiudong, Ye, Baisheng, Ding, Yongjian, Zhang, Shiqiang, Yi, Shuhua, Wang, Jian, Shangguan, Donghui, Zhao, Chuancheng, Han, Haidong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.01.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Annual runoff; Biogeosciences; Catchments; China; Climate change; cold; Computer simulation; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; energy balance; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Environmental Science and Engineering; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Freshwater; Geochemistry; Geology; Glaciers; Glaciohydrology; Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Ice; Infiltration; Infiltration capacity; melting; Meltwater; Mountains; Original Article; Permafrost; Pollution, environment geology; Rainfall-runoff relationships; River basins; Rivers; Runoff; Seasonal variations; Simulation; snow; Snow cover; Snow. Ice. Glaciers; Snowmelt; snowpack; temperature; Terrestrial Pollution; Water resources; watersheds; China; Far East; Asia; Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) macroscale hydrologic model; Hydrological modeling; Energy-balance glacier melt model; Aksu River basin; glaciers; rivers; models; efficiency; mountains; runoff; energy balance; ice; digital simulation; infiltration; meltwater; drainage basins; coupling; hydrological modeling; water resources; permafrost; snow; temperature; soils; performances; climate change

For the sustainable utilization of rivers in the mid and downstream regions, it is essential that land surface hydrological processes are quantified in high cold mountains regions, as it is in these regions where most of the larger rivers in China acquire their headstreams. Glaciers are one of the m...