Article-Journal | Dr. Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini

From grid to ground: how well do gridded products represent soil moisture dynamics in natural ecosystems during precipitation events?

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Núñez-Ibarra, D. A., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., & Galleguillos, M. (2026). From grid to ground: how well do gridded products represent soil moisture dynamics in natural ecosystems during precipitation events?. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 30, 1813--1847. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1813-2026

Developing Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves using sub-daily gridded and in situ datasets: characterising precipitation extremes in a drying climate

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Soto-Escobar, C., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Tolorza, V., & Garreaud, R. (2026). Developing Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves using sub-daily gridded and in situ datasets: characterising precipitation extremes in a drying climate. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 30(1), 91--117. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-91-2026

hydroMOPSO: A flexible and model-independent multi-objective optimisation R package for environmental and hydrological models

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Marinao, R., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., & Baez-Villanueva, O. M. (2026). hydroMOPSO: A flexible and model-independent multi-objective optimisation R package for environmental and hydrological models. Environmental Modelling & Software, 198, 106851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106851

Hydropedological clustering: improving the representation of low streamflows in a semi-distributed hydrological model

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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Gimeno, F., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Alvarez-Garreton, C., & Galleguillos, M. (2025). Hydropedological clustering: improving the representation of low streamflows in a semi-distributed hydrological model. Journal of Hydrology, 667, 134787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134787

Hyperdroughts in central Chile: drivers, impacts, and projections

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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Garreaud, R., Boisier, J. P., Alvarez-Garreton, C., Christie, D. A., Carrasco-Escaff, T., Vergara, I., Chávez, R. O., Aldunce, P., Camus, P., Suazo-Álvarez, M., Masiokas, M., Castro, G., Muñoz, A., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Fuster, R., & Godoy, L. (2025). Hyperdroughts in central Chile: drivers, impacts, and projections. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 29(20), 5347--5369. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-5347-2025

Technical note: What does the Standardized Streamflow Index actually reflect? Insights and implications for hydrological drought analysis

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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Lema, F., Mendoza, P. A., Vásquez, N. A., Mizukami, N., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., & Vargas, X. (2025). Technical note: What does the Standardized Streamflow Index actually reflect? Insights and implications for hydrological drought analysis. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 29(8), 1981--2002. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1981-2025

Disponibilidad y seguridad hídrica en el desarrollo de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. ¿ Nuevos factores de riesgo?

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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Petermann-Rocha, F., Pizarro, A., Nazar, G., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Plaza-Garrido, A., Díaz-Toro, F., Troncoso-Pantoja, C., Celis, A., Sugg, D., & Celis-Morales, C. (2024). Disponibilidad y seguridad hídrica en el desarrollo de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. ¿ Nuevos factores de riesgo?. Revista médica de Chile, 152(5), 643--644. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0034-98872024000500643

Exotic tree plantations in the Chilean Coastal Range: balancing the effects of discrete disturbances, connectivity, and a persistent drought on catchment erosion

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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Tolorza, V., Mohr, C. H., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Sotomayor, B., Poblete-Caballero, D., Carretier, S., Galleguillos, M., & Seguel, O. (2024). Exotic tree plantations in the Chilean Coastal Range: balancing the effects of discrete disturbances, connectivity, and a persistent drought on catchment erosion. Earth Surface Dynamics, 12(4), 841--861. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-841-2024

HESS Opinions: The unsustainable use of groundwater conceals a 'Day Zero'

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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Alvarez-Garreton, C., Boisier, J. P., Garreaud, R., González, J., Rondanelli, R., Gayó, E., & Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2024). HESS Opinions: The unsustainable use of groundwater conceals a 'Day Zero'. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(7), 1605--1616. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1605-2024

On the timescale of drought indices for monitoring streamflow drought considering catchment hydrological regimes

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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Baez-Villanueva, O. M., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Miralles, D. G., Beck, H. E., Siegmund, J. F., Alvarez-Garreton, C., Verbist, K., Garreaud, R., Boisier, J. P., & Galleguillos, M. (2024). On the timescale of drought indices for monitoring streamflow drought considering catchment hydrological regimes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(6), 1415--1439. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1415-2024

Land Management Drifted: Land Use Scenario Modeling of Trancura River Basin, Araucanía, Chile

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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Díaz-Jara, A., Manuschevich, D., Grau, A., & Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2024). Land Management Drifted: Land Use Scenario Modeling of Trancura River Basin, Araucanía, Chile. Land, 13(2), 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020157

PatagoniaMet: A multi-source hydrometeorological dataset for Western Patagonia

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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Aguayo, R., León-Muñoz, J., Aguayo, M., Baez-Villanueva, O. M., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Fernández, A., & Jacques-Coper, M. (2024). PatagoniaMet: A multi-source hydrometeorological dataset for Western Patagonia. Scientific Data, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02828-2

Panta Rhei benchmark dataset: socio-hydrological data of paired events of floods and droughts

Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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Kreibich, , H., , Schröter, , K., , Baldassarre, D., G., , Loon, V., F, A., Mazzoleni, , M., , Abeshu, , W, G., Agafonova, , S., , AghaKouchak, , A., , Aksoy, , H., , Alvarez-Garreton, , C., , Aznar, , B., , Balkhi, , L., , Barendrecht, , H, M., Biancamaria, , S., , Bos-Burgering, , L., , Bradley, , C., , Budiyono, , Y., , Buytaert, , W., , Capewell, , L., , Carlson, , H., , Cavus, , Y., , Couasnon, , A., , Coxon, , G., , Daliakopoulos, , I., , Ruiter, d., C, M., Delus, , C., , Erfurt, , M., , Esposito, , G., , François, , D., , Frappart, , F., , Freer, , J., , Frolova, , N., , Gain, , K, A., Grillakis, , M., , Grima, , O, J., Guzmán, , A, D., Huning, , S, L., Ionita, , M., , Kharlamov, , M., , Khoi, , N, D., Kieboom, , N., , Kireeva, , M., , Koutroulis, , A., , Lavado-Casimiro, , W., , Li, , H.-Y., , LLasat, , C, M., Macdonald, , D., , Mård, , J., , Mathew-Richards, , H., , McKenzie, , A., , Mejia, , A., , Mendiondo, , M, E., Mens, , M., , Mobini, , S., , Mohor, , S, G., Nagavciuc, , V., , Ngo-Duc, , T., , Nguyen, , T, H. T., Nhi, , T, P. T., Petrucci, , O., , Quan, , H, N., Quintana-Seguí, , P., , Razavi, , S., , Ridolfi, , E., , Riegel, , J., , Sadik, , S, M., Sairam, , N., , Savelli, , E., , Sazonov, , A., , Sharma, , S., , Sörensen, , J., , Souza, , A, F. A., Stahl, , K., , Steinhausen, , M., , Stoelzle, , M., , Szalińska, , W., , Tang, , Q., , Tian, , F., , Tokarczyk, , T., , Tovar, , C., , Tran, , T, T. V., Huijgevoort, v., J, M. H., Vliet, v., H, M. T., Vorogushyn, , S., , Wagener, , T., , Wang, , Y., , Wendt, , E, D., Wickham, , E., , Yang, , L., , Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Ward, , & and J, P. (2023). Panta Rhei benchmark dataset: socio-hydrological data of paired events of floods and droughts. Earth System Science Data, 15(5), 2009--2023. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2009-2023

The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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Kreibich, H., Van Loon, A. F., Schröter, K., Ward, P. J., Mazzoleni, M., Sairam, N., Abeshu, G. W., Agafonova, S., AghaKouchak, A., Aksoy, H., Alvarez-Garreton, C., Aznar, B., Balkhi, L., Barendrecht, M. H., Biancamaria, S., Bos-Burgering, L., Bradley, C., Budiyono, Y., Buytaert, W., Capewell, L., Carlson, H., Cavus, Y., Couasnon, A., Coxon, G., Daliakopoulos, I., de Ruiter, M. C., Delus, C., Erfurt, M., Esposito, G., François, D., Frappart, F., Freer, J., Frolova, N., Gain, A. K., Grillakis, M., Grima, J. O., Guzmán, D. A., Huning, L. S., Ionita, M., Kharlamov, M., Khoi, D. N., Kieboom, N., Kireeva, M., Koutroulis, A., Lavado-Casimiro, W., Li, H., LLasat, M. C., Macdonald, D., Mård, J., Mathew-Richards, H., McKenzie, A., Mejia, A., Mendiondo, E. M., Mens, M., Mobini, S., Mohor, G. S., Nagavciuc, V., Ngo-Duc, T., Nguyen Huynh, T. T., Nhi, P. T. T., Petrucci, O., Quan Nguyen, H., Quintana-Seguí, P., Razavi, S., Ridolfi, E., Riegel, J., Sadik, M. S., Savelli, E., Sazonov, A., Sharma, S., Sörensen, J., Souza, F. A. A., Stahl, K., Steinhausen, M., Stoelzle, M., Szalińska, W., Tang, Q., Tian, F., Tokarczyk, T., Tovar, C., Tran, T. V. T., Van Huijgevoort, M. H. J., van Vliet, M. T. H., Vorogushyn, S., Wagener, T., Wang, Y., Wendt, D. E., Wickham, E., Yang, L., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Blöschl, G., & Di Baldassarre, G. (2022). The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management. Nature, 608(7921), 80--86. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04917-5

A coupled modeling approach to assess the effect of forest policies in water provision: A biophysical evaluation of a drought-prone rural catchment in south-central Chile

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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Gimeno, F., Galleguillos, M., Manuschevich, D., & Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2022). A coupled modeling approach to assess the effect of forest policies in water provision: A biophysical evaluation of a drought-prone rural catchment in south-central Chile. Science of the Total Environment, 830, 154608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154608

On the selection of precipitation products for the regionalisation of hydrological model parameters

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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Baez-Villanueva, O. M., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Mendoza, P. A., McNamara, I., Beck, H. E., Thurner, J., Nauditt, A., Ribbe, L., & Thinh, N. X. (2021). On the selection of precipitation products for the regionalisation of hydrological model parameters. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(11), 5805--5837. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5805-2021

How well do gridded precipitation and actual evapotranspiration products represent the key water balance components in the Nile Basin?

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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McNamara, I., Baez-Villanueva, O. M., Zomorodian, A., Ayyad, S., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Zaroug, M., Mersha, A., Nauditt, A., Mbuliro, M., Wamala, S., & Ribbe, L. (2021). How well do gridded precipitation and actual evapotranspiration products represent the key water balance components in the Nile Basin?. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 37, 100884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100884

Disentangling the effect of future land use strategies and climate change on streamflow in a Mediterranean catchment dominated by tree plantations

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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Galleguillos, M., Gimeno, F., Puelma, C., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Lara, A., & Rojas, M. (2021). Disentangling the effect of future land use strategies and climate change on streamflow in a Mediterranean catchment dominated by tree plantations. Journal of Hydrology, 126047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126047

Modelling water resources for planning irrigation development in drought-prone southern Chile

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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McNamara, I., Nauditt, A., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Ribbe, L., & Hann, H. (2020). Modelling water resources for planning irrigation development in drought-prone southern Chile. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2020.1768828

RF-MEP: A novel Random Forest method for merging gridded precipitation products and ground-based measurements

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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Baez-Villanueva, O. M., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Beck, H. E., McNamara, I., Ribbe, L., Nauditt, A., Birkel, C., Verbist, K., Giraldo-Osorio, J. D., & Xuan Thinh, N. (2020). RF-MEP: A novel Random Forest method for merging gridded precipitation products and ground-based measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 239, 111606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111606

Bias Correction of Global High-Resolution Precipitation Climatologies Using Streamflow Observations from 9372 Catchments

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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Beck, H. E., Wood, E. F., McVicar, T. R., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Alvarez-Garreton, C., Baez-Villanueva, O. M., Sheffield, J., & Karger, D. N. (2020). Bias Correction of Global High-Resolution Precipitation Climatologies Using Streamflow Observations from 9372 Catchments. Journal of Climate, 33(4), 1299--1315. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0332.1

Hydrological Processes Special Issue \"Hydrological processes across climatic and geomorphological gradients of Latin America

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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Birkel, C., Moore, G. W., & Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2019). Hydrological Processes Special Issue "Hydrological processes across climatic and geomorphological gradients of Latin America. Hydrological Processes, 34(2), 156--158. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13648

Validation of Cryogenic Vacuum Extraction of Pore Water from Volcanic Soils for Isotopic Analysis

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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Rivera, D., Gutierrez, K., Valdivia-Cea, W., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Godoy-Faúndez, A., Álvez, A., & Farías, L. (2019). Validation of Cryogenic Vacuum Extraction of Pore Water from Volcanic Soils for Isotopic Analysis. Water, 11(11), 2214. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112214

Particle swarm optimization for the estimation of surface complexation constants with the geochemical model PHREEQC-3.1.2

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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Abdelaziz, R., Merkel, B. J., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., & Nair, S. (2019). Particle swarm optimization for the estimation of surface complexation constants with the geochemical model PHREEQC-3.1.2. Geoscientific Model Development, 12(1), 167--177. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-167-2019

Temporal and spatial evaluation of long-term satellite-based precipitation products across the complex topographical and climatic gradients of Chile

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

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Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2018). Temporal and spatial evaluation of long-term satellite-based precipitation products across the complex topographical and climatic gradients of Chile. Proceedings of the SPIE, 10782, 1078202. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513645

Temporal and spatial evaluation of satellite rainfall estimates over different regions in Latin-America

Thu, 24 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

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Baez-Villanueva, O. M., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Ribbe, L., Nauditt, A., Giraldo-Osorio, J. D., & Thinh, N. X. (2018). Temporal and spatial evaluation of satellite rainfall estimates over different regions in Latin-America. Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.05.011

The 2010-2015 megadrought in central Chile: impacts on regional hydroclimate and vegetation

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

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Garreaud, R. D., Alvarez-Garreton, C., Barichivich, J., Boisier, J. P., Christie, D., Galleguillos, M., LeQuesne, C., McPhee, J., & Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2017). The 2010-2015 megadrought in central Chile: impacts on regional hydroclimate and vegetation. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(12), 6307--6327. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-6307-2017

Temporal and spatial evaluation of satellite-based rainfall estimates across the complex topographical and climatic gradients of Chile

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

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Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Nauditt, A., Birkel, C., Verbist, K., & Ribbe, L. (2017). Temporal and spatial evaluation of satellite-based rainfall estimates across the complex topographical and climatic gradients of Chile. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(2), 1295--1320. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1295-2017

The br2-weighting Method for Estimating the Effects of Air Pollution on Population Health

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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Krstic, G., Krstic, N. S., & Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2016). The br2-weighting Method for Estimating the Effects of Air Pollution on Population Health. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 15(2), 42. https://doi.org/10.22237/jmasm/1478004000

Assessing the role of uncertain precipitation estimates on the robustness of hydrological model parameters under highly variable climate conditions

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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Bisselink, B., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Burek, P., & de Roo, A. (2016). Assessing the role of uncertain precipitation estimates on the robustness of hydrological model parameters under highly variable climate conditions. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 8, 112--129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2016.09.003

Forestry development, water scarcity, and the Mapuche protest for environmental justice in Chile

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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Torres-Salinas, R., García, G. A., Henríquez, N. C., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Costa, T., & Bolin, B. (2016). Forestry development, water scarcity, and the Mapuche protest for environmental justice in Chile. Ambiente & Sociedade, 19(1), 121--146. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4422ASOC150134R1V1912016

Comparison of stationary and dynamic conceptual models in a mountainous and data-sparse catchment in the South-central Chilean Andes

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

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Toledo, C., Muñoz, E., & Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2015). Comparison of stationary and dynamic conceptual models in a mountainous and data-sparse catchment in the South-central Chilean Andes. Advances in Meteorology, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/526158

Particle Swarm Optimization for inverse modeling of solute transport in fractured gneiss aquifer

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

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Abdelaziz, R. & Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. (2014). Particle Swarm Optimization for inverse modeling of solute transport in fractured gneiss aquifer. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 164, 285--298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.06.003

Hydrological evaluation of satellite-based rainfall estimates over the Volta and Baro-Akobo Basin

Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

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Thiemig, V., Rojas, R., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., & De Roo, A. (2013). Hydrological evaluation of satellite-based rainfall estimates over the Volta and Baro-Akobo Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 499, 324--338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.07.012

A model-independent Particle Swarm Optimisation software for model calibration

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

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Zambrano-Bigiarini, M. & Rojas, R. (2013). A model-independent Particle Swarm Optimisation software for model calibration. Environmental Modelling & Software, 43, 5--25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.01.004

Validation of Satellite-Based Precipitation Products over Sparsely Gauged African River Basins

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

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Thiemig, V., Rojas, R., Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., Levizzani, V., & De Roo, A. (2012). Validation of Satellite-Based Precipitation Products over Sparsely Gauged African River Basins. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13(6), 1760--1783. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-12-032.1