scholarly journals Parameter estimation for a physics-based distributed hydrologic model using measured outflow fluxes and internal moisture states

2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie K. Kampf ◽  
Stephen J. Burges
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
Hydrologic Model ◽  
Distributed Hydrologic Model

scholarly journals Evaluation of a Distributed Streamflow Forecast Model at Multiple Watershed Scales

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1279
Author(s):  
Tyler Madsen ◽  
Kristie Franz ◽  
Terri Hogue
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Forecast Model ◽  
Hydrologic Model ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Discharge Data ◽  
Distributed Hydrologic Model ◽  
Verification Period ◽  
Silver Spring

Demand for reliable estimates of streamflow has increased as society becomes more susceptible to climatic extremes such as droughts and flooding, especially at small scales where local population centers and infrastructure can be affected by rapidly occurring events. In the current study, the Hydrology Laboratory-Research Distributed Hydrologic Model (HL-RDHM) (NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD, USA) was used to explore the accuracy of a distributed hydrologic model to simulate discharge at watershed scales ranging from 20 to 2500 km2. The model was calibrated and validated using observed discharge data at the basin outlets, and discharge at uncalibrated subbasin locations was evaluated. Two precipitation products with nominal spatial resolutions of 12.5 km and 4 km were tested to characterize the role of input resolution on the discharge simulations. In general, model performance decreased as basin size decreased. When sub-basin area was less than 250 km2 or 20–40% of the total watershed area, model performance dropped below the defined acceptable levels. Simulations forced with the lower resolution precipitation product had better model evaluation statistics; for example, the Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) scores ranged from 0.50 to 0.67 for the verification period for basin outlets, compared to scores that ranged from 0.33 to 0.52 for the higher spatial resolution forcing.

Continuous streamflow simulation with the HRCDHM distributed hydrologic model

2004 ◽  
Vol 298 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 61-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa M. Carpenter ◽  
Konstantine P. Georgakakos
Keyword(s):  
Hydrologic Model ◽  
Distributed Hydrologic Model ◽  
Streamflow Simulation

Parallelisation of a distributed hydrologic model

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengtao Cui ◽  
Baxter E. Vieux ◽  
Henry Neeman ◽  
Fekadu Moreda
Keyword(s):  
Hydrologic Model ◽  
Distributed Hydrologic Model
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