期刊
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
卷 477, 期 -, 页码 240-250出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.032
关键词
Prediction in ungauged basins; Ungauged; Streamflow estimation; Drainage area ratio; Scaling; Regional hydrology
资金
- World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER)
Records of natural streamflow are essential to nearly all water resources projects. In spite of the wide range of available techniques for estimating monthly streamflow records at ungauged sites, few studies have sought to compare their merits. Precedent has dictated the nearly ubiquitous use of the drainage-area ratio (DAR) technique. We evaluate several monthly streamflow information-transfer methods across nearly 1300 minimally-impacted streamflow gages in the continental US from the Hydroclimatic Data Network (HCDN). The DAR method is shown to be quite robust; however, other methods of standardizing streamflow, such as standardizing flows by means (SM) or normalizing flows with means and standard deviations (SMS), are shown to be superior for a subset (similar to 42%) of sites. The performance of SM and SMS, relative to DAR is shown to be generally correlated with the at-site aridity ratio. We introduce a performance-weighted transfer method that weights each estimator in proportion to its performance, as predicted by basin descriptors including at-site precipitation, aridity ratio, drainage area and ratios of those descriptors between the ungauged and index site. Our blended estimators showed promising results, exhibiting greater Nash-Sutcliffe efficiencies than DAR at 60% of sites considered. Our national comparative assessment demonstrates the merits and disadvantages of several techniques, including the concept of performance weighting. We also introduce regional hydroclimatic regression equations for estimating the mean and variance of monthly streamflows at ungauged sites in the conterminous US. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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