Journal
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
Volume 26, Issue 26, Pages 3953-3961Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8420
Keywords
rainfall-runoff modelling; model calibration; non-stationarity; East Australia; simhyd
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- Water Information Research and Development Alliance [4.2]
- CSIRO-MoE (Chinese Ministry of Education)
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Better parameterization of a hydrological model can lead to improved streamflow prediction. This is particularly important for seasonal streamflow forecasting with the use of hydrological modelling. Considering the possible effects of hydrologic non-stationarity, this paper examined ten parameterization schemes at 12 catchments located in three different climatic zones in east Australia. These schemes are grouped into four categories according to the period when the data are used for model calibration, i.e. calibration using data: (1) from a fixed period in the historical records; (2) from different lengths of historical records prior to prediction year; (3) from different climatic analogue years in the past; and (4) data from the individual months. Parameterization schemes were evaluated according to model efficiency in both the calibration and verification period. The results show that the calibration skill changes with the different historic periods when data are used at all catchments. Comparison of model performance between the calibration schemes indicates that it is worth calibrating the model with the use of data from each individual month for the purpose of seasonal streamflow forecasting. For the catchments in the winter-dominant rainfall region of south-east Australia, a more significant shift in rainfall-runoff relationships at different periods was found. For those catchments, model calibration with the use of 20?years of data prior to the prediction year leads to a more consistent performance. Copyright (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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