Grid-based macro scale temperature model. A grid-based stream temperature model driven by the forcings from VIC simulations and routed flows from the Lohmann routing model. The model uses an efficient, semi-Lagrangian particle tracking scheme to simulate time-dependent, cross-sectionally averaged stream temperatures over a broad spectrum of spatial scales. The theoretical background, as well as example applications are described in the following publications:
Yearsley, J. (2012), A grid-based approach for simulating stream temperature, Water Resour. Res., 48, W03506, doi:10.1029/2011WR011515
Yearsley, J. R. (2009), A semi-Lagrangian water temperature modelfor advection-dominated river systems, Water Resour. Res., 45, W12405, doi:10.1029/2008WR007629.