A grid network version of the two-layer Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC-2L) macroscale hydrological model is described. The VIC-2L model is a hydrologically-based SVAT (Soil Vegetation Atmospheric Transfer) scheme designed to represent the land surface in numerical weather prediction and climate models. It is coupled to a linear routing scheme which is optimized with measured precipitation ...

[1] The key question that is asked in this study is ‘‘how are the three independent bias components of satellite rainfall estimation, comprising hit bias, missed, and false precipitation, physically related to the estimation uncertainty of soil moisture and runoff for a physically based hydrologic model?’’ The study also investigated the performance of different satellite rainfall products as a...

a Victorian Marine Science Consortium, PO Box 114, Queenscliff, Vic 3225, Australia b Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia c Arthur Rylah Institute, Department of Sustainability and Environment Victoria, PO Box 137, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia d Marine and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, DPI Queenscliff Centre, PO Box 114, Queenscliff, ...

8. The Outbreak Investigation Team was (in Alphabetical order): Jenny Barralet (Qld), Robert Bell (Qld), Andrew Black (ACT), Gerard Fitzsimmons (DoHA), Joy Gregory (Vic), Rachel Hanson (Vic), Melissa Irwin (NSW), Martyn Kirk (DoHA), Karin Lalor (Vic), Dot Little (Hunter, New England), Tony Merritt (Hunter New England), Sally Munnoch (Hunter New England), Leonie Neville (NSW), Rhonda Owen (DoHA)...

This research investigates the interannual variability of soil moisture as related to large-scale climate variability and also evaluates the spatial and temporal variability of modeled deep layer (40–140 cm) soil moisture in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). A three layers hydrological model VIC-3L (Variable Infiltration Capacity Model – 3 layers) was used to generate soil moisture in the ...

A recently published paper by Roads et al (2003) describing the GCIP Water and Energy Balance Synthesis (WEBS) showed that the Variable Infiltration Capacity model (VIC) model under-simulates “observations” of net solar radiation by an average of 50 w/m in the summer months of 19961999 over the Mississippi basin. The net solar radiation “observations” used by Roads et al (2003) are a GOES-based...

INTRODUCTION A Polish EQ-5D normative study published in 2010 was conducted in 2008 as a pilot study. The group of respondents was relatively small and had limited representativeness. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to derive population norms for the 3-level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-3L) questionnaire in Poland using a large, representative sample. RESPONDENTS AND METHODS Stratified random sampling ...

This study aimed to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of Heilongjiang adult populations by using the EuroQol five-dimension three-level (EQ-5D-3L) questionnaire and to identify factors associated with HRQOL. Data from the National Health Services Survey (NHSS) 2008 in Heilongjiang province were obtained. Results of EQ-5D-3L questionnaires completed by 11,523 adult respondents (18 ye...

1Human Neurotransmitters Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 8008, Australia 2Nucleus Network Ltd., Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 8008, Australia 3Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA 4Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science...

a School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash Water for Liveability, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia b School of Social Sciences, Monash Water for Liveability, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia c School of Social Sciences, Monash Water for Liveability, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Aust...