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Gridded data for a hydrological model in a scarce-data basin
Dr. Muñoz-Ortiz, Enrique 
Facultad de Ingeniería 
Arumí, José Luis
Rivera, Diego
Montecinos, Aldo
Billib, Max
Álvarez, César
10.1680/wama.12.00086
Emerald Publishing
2014
The hydrology of scarce-data areas, such as the mountainous area of the Andes, is poorly known mainly owing to the lack of data. Global gridded climatological datasets (GGCDs) are becoming more precise and common, but the utility of these datasets and their applicability to complex hydrological systems are still not yet well determined. In this paper the reliability of a GGCD is evaluated as an alternative source to supply the lacking in situ observations, with the aim of studying the hydrology of a mountainous area in south-central Chile. The GGCDs are found to recover the climate variability in Andean areas, and partially recover the orographic effect caused by the mountains. A finding of practical relevance is that GGCDs could be considered as an adequate source for performing hydrological models and studies under high spatial variability and scarce-data environments such as the Andes.
Hydrology & water resource
Mathematical modelling
Natural resources
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