Benchmarking quantitative precipitation estimation by conceptual rainfall-runoff modeling

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作者
Heistermann, Maik [1 ]
Kneis, David [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Potsdam, Inst Earth & Environm Sci, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
关键词
SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; BOOTSTRAP METHODS; DATA ASSIMILATION; RADAR; UNCERTAINTY; GAUGE; EQUIFINALITY; ACCURACY;
D O I
10.1029/2010WR009153
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Hydrologic modelers often need to know which method of quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) is best suited for a particular catchment. Traditionally, QPE methods are verified and benchmarked against independent rain gauge observations. However, the lack of spatial representativeness limits the value of such a procedure. Alternatively, one could drive a hydrological model with different QPE products and choose the one which best reproduces observed runoff. Unfortunately, the calibration of conceptual model parameters might conceal actual differences between the QPEs. To avoid such effects, we abandoned the idea of determining optimum parameter sets for all QPE being compared. Instead, we carry out a large number of runoff simulations, confronting each QPE with a common set of random parameters. By evaluating the goodness-of-fit of all simulations, we obtain information on whether the quality of competing QPE methods is significantly different. This knowledge is inferred exactly at the scale of interest-the catchment scale. We use synthetic data to investigate the ability of this procedure to distinguish a truly superior QPE from an inferior one. We find that the procedure is prone to failure in the case of linear systems. However, we show evidence that in realistic (nonlinear) settings, the method can provide useful results even in the presence of moderate errors in model structure and streamflow observations. In a real-world case study on a small mountainous catchment, we demonstrate the ability of the verification procedure to reveal additional insights as compared to a conventional cross validation approach.
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