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A subsurface runoff parameterization with water storage and recharge based on the Boussinesq-storage equation for a land surface model

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Subsurface runoff in a land surface model is usually parameterized as a single-valued function of total storage in a basin aquifer reservoir. This kind of parameterization is often single-valued function of storage-discharge under a steady or “quasi-steady” state, which cannot represent the influence of aquifer recharge on subsurface runoff generation. In this paper, a new subsurface runoff parameterization with water storage and recharge based on the Boussinesq-storage equation is developed. This model is validated by a subsurface flow separation algorithm for an example river basin, which shows that the new model can simulate the subsurface flow reasonably.

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    Tian Xiangjun, Xie Zhenghui, Zhang Shenglei & Liang Miaoling

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Tian, X., Xie, Z., Zhang, S. et al. A subsurface runoff parameterization with water storage and recharge based on the Boussinesq-storage equation for a land surface model. SCI CHINA SER D 49, 622–631 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-006-0622-z

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