Table 6 List of the reference datasets used to evaluate the GEM-Hydro auxiliary hydrologic variables.

From: Hydrologic outputs generated over the Great Lakes with a calibrated version of the GEM-Hydro model

Variable

Reference dataset

Evapo-transpiration, in mm

Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM) v3.5b (see https://www.gleam.eu/ and Martens et al.52)

Soil moisture (0–10 cm), in m3/m3

GLEAM v3.5b (see https://www.gleam.eu/ and Martens et al.52)

Snow water equivalent (mm)

ERA-5 Land (https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.e2161bac) See also Muñoz-Sabater13