Hydrological field data from a modeller's perspective: Part 1. Diagnostic tests for model structure

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-522

  McMillan, Hilary K ^a   Clark, Martyn P ^a   Bowden, William B ^b   Duncan, Maurice ^a   Woods, Ross A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Data; Diagnostic; Hydrology; Model structure; Rainfall runoff processes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SOILS; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; DATA; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; DOMINANT PROCESS; FIELD DATA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; HYDROLOGICAL FIELDS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETER CALIBRATION; PERCEPTUAL MODEL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF PROCESSES; SATURATED ZONE; SUB-COMPONENTS; TIME-STEPPING SIMULATION; TWO-PART SERIES; VERTICAL DRAINAGE; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MODEL STRUCTURES; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CATCHMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

EID: 79551472045     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7841     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Atkinson SE, Sivapalan M, Viney NR, Woods RA. 2003a. Predicting space-time variability of hourly streamflow and the role of climate seasonality: Mahurangi Catchment, New Zealand. Hydrological Processes 17: 2171-2193.
2. Atkinson SE, Sivapalan M, Woods RA, Viney NR. 2003b. Dominant physical controls on hourly flow predictions and the role of spatial variability: Mahurangi catchment, New Zealand. Advances in Water Resources 26: 219-235.
3. Bestland E, Milgate S, Chittleborough D, VanLeeuwen J, Pichler M, Soloninka L. 2009. The significance and lag-time of deep through flow: an example from a small, ephemeral catchment with contrasting soil types in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 13: 1201-1214.
4. Beven K. 2002a. Towards a coherent philosophy for modelling the environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 458: 2465-2484.
5. Beven K. 2002b. Towards an alternative blueprint for a physically based digitally simulated hydrologic response modelling system. Hydrological Processes 16: 189-206.
6. Beven KJ. 2000. Uniqueness of place and process representations in hydrological modelling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 4: 203-213.
7. Birkel C, Tetzlaff D, Dunn SM, Soulsby C. 2010. Towards a simple dynamic process conceptualization in rainfall-runoff models using multi-criteria calibration and tracers in temperate, upland catchments. Hydrological Processes 24: 260-275.
8. Blöschl G, Sivapalan M. 1995. Scale issues in hydrological modeling-a review. Hydrological Processes 9: 251-290.
9. Chirico GB, Grayson RB, Western AW. 2003. A downward approach to identifying the structure and parameters of a process-based model for a small experimental catchment. Hydrological Processes 17: 2239-2258.
10. Clark MP, Rupp DE, Woods RA, Tromp-van Meerveld HJ, Peters NE, Freer JE. 2009. Consistency between hydrological models and field observations: linking processes at the hillslope scale to hydrological responses at the watershed scale. Hydrological Processes 23: 311-319.
11. Clark MP, Slater AG, Rupp DE, Woods RA, Vrugt JA, Gupta HV, Wagener T, Hay LE. 2008. Framework for Understanding Structural Errors (FUSE): a modular framework to diagnose differences between hydrological models. Water Resources Research 44: W00B02.
12. Dunn SM, Freer J, Weiler M, Kirkby MJ, Seibert J, Quinn PF, Lischeid G, Tetzlaff D, Soulsby C. 2008. Conceptualization in catchment modelling: simply learning? Hydrological Processes 22: 2389-2393.
13. Fenicia F, Savenije HHG, Matgen P, Pfister L. 2006. Is the groundwater reservoir linear? Learning from data in hydrological modelling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 10: 139-150.
14. Fenicia F, McDonnell JJ, Savenije HHG. 2008a. Learning from model improvement: on the contribution of complementary data to process understanding. Water Resources Research 44: W06419.
15. Fenicia F, Savenije HHG, Matgen P, Pfister L. 2008b. Understanding catchment behavior through stepwise model concept improvement. Water Resources Research 44: W01402.
16. Gupta HV, Wagener T, Liu YQ. 2008. Reconciling theory with observations: elements of a diagnostic approach to model evaluation. Hydrological Processes 22: 3802-3813.
17. Guswa AJ, Celia MA, Rodriguez-Iturbe I. 2004. Effect of vertical resolution on predictions of transpiration in water-limited ecosystems. Advances in Water Resources 27: 467-480.
18. Harman CJ, Sivapalan M, Kumar P. 2009a. Power law catchment-scale recessions arising from heterogeneous linear small-scale dynamics. Water Resources Research 45: W09404.
19. Harman CJ, Sivapalan M, Kumar P. 2009b. Reply to comment by J. Szilagyi on "Power law catchment-scale recessions arising from heterogeneous linear small-scale dynamics". Water Resources Research 45: W12602.
20. Jencso KG, McGlynn BL, Gooseff MN, Wondzell SM, Bencala KE, Marshall LA. 2009. Hydrologic connectivity between landscapes and streams: transferring reach- and plot-scale understanding to the catchment scale. Water Resources Research 45: W04428.
21. Kavetski D, Kuczera G, Franks SW. 2006. Calibration of conceptual hydrological models revisited: 1. Overcoming numerical artefacts. Journal of Hydrology 320: 173-186.
22. Kirby C, Newson MD, Gilman K. 1991. Plynlimon Research: The First Two Decades. Institute of Hydrology: Wallingford; 188.
23. Kirchner JW. 2009. Catchments as simple dynamical systems: catchment characterization, rainfall-runoff modeling, and doing hydrology backward. Water Resources Research 45: W02429.
24. Lamb R, Beven K. 1997. Using interactive recession curve analysis to specify a general catchment storage model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 1: 101-113.
25. Leavesley GH, Lichty RW, Troutman BM, Saindon LG. 1983. Precipitation-Runoff Modelling System: User's Manual. U.S. Geological Survey Water Investigations Report 207.
26. Lehmann P, Hinz C, McGrath G, Tromp-van Meerveld HJ, McDonnell JJ. 2007. Rainfall threshold for hillslope outflow: an emergent property of flow pathway connectivity. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11: 1047-1063.
27. McColl RHS, McQueen DJ, Gibson AR, Heine JC. 1985. Source areas of storm runoff in a pasture catchment. Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand) 24: 1-19.
28. McDonnell JJ, McGlynn B, Vache K, Tromp-Van Meerveld I. 2005. A perspective on Hillslope hydrology in the context of PUB. Predictions in Ungauged Basins: International Perspectives on the State of the Art and Pathways Forward. IAHS Publication 301; 204-212.
29. McDonnell JJ, Sivapalan M, Vache K, Dunn S, Grant G, Haggerty R, Hinz C, Hooper R, Kirchner J, Roderick ML, Selker J, Weiler M. 2007. Moving beyond heterogeneity and process complexity: a new vision for watershed hydrology. Water Resources Research 43: W07301.
30. McGlynn BL, McDonnel JJ, Brammer DD. 2002. A review of the evolving perceptual model of hillslope flowpaths at the Maimai catchments, New Zealand. Journal of Hydrology 257: 1-26.
31. McMillan HK, Clark MP, Woods RA, Duncan MJ, Srinivasan MS, Western AW, Goodrich D. 2009. Improving perceptual and conceptual hydrological models using data from small basins.. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Status and Perspectives of Hydrology in Small Basins Held at Goslar-Hahnenklee, Germany, 30 March-2 April 2009. IAHS Publication 336-08.
32. McMillan HK, Freer J, Pappenberger F, Krueger T, Clark MP. 2010. Impacts of uncertain river flow data on rainfall-runoff model calibration and discharge predictions. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7587.
33. Minet J, Lambot S, Slob EC, Vanclooster M. 2010. Soil surface water content estimation by full-waveform GPR signal inversion in the presence of thin layers. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 48: 1138-1150.
34. Montanari A, Uhlenbrook S. 2004. Catchment modelling: towards an improved representation of the hydrological processes in real-world model applications. Journal of Hydrology 291:p. 159.
35. Pauwels VRN, Balenzano A, Satalino G, Skriver H, Verhoest NEC, Mattia F. 2009. Optimization of soil hydraulic model parameters using synthetic aperture radar data: an integrated multidisciplinary approach. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 47: 455-467.
36. Peters NE, Freer J, Aulenbach BT. 2003. Hydrological dynamics of the Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Georgia. Ground Water 41: 973-988.
37. Quinn P. 2004. Scale appropriate modelling: representing cause-and-effect relationships in nitrate pollution at the catchment scale for the purpose of catchment scale planning. Journal of Hydrology 291: 197-217.
38. Rosen MR, Bright J, Carran P, Stewart MK, Reeves R. 1999. Estimating rainfall recharge and soil water residence times in Pukekohe, New Zealand, by combining geophysical, chemical, and isotopic methods. Ground Water 37: 836-844.
39. Rupp DE, Selker JS. 2006. Information, artifacts, and noise in dQ/dt-Q recession analysis. Advances in Water Resources 29: 154-160.
40. Rupp DE, Woods RA. 2008. Increased flexibility in base flow modelling using a power law transmissivity profile. Hydrological Processes 22: 2667-2671.
41. Savenije HHG. 2009. HESS opinions "The art of hydrology". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 13: 157-161.
42. Sidle RC, Noguchi S, Tsuboyama Y, Laursen K. 2001. A conceptual model of preferential flow systems in forested hillslopes: evidence of self-organization. Hydrological Processes 15: 1675-1692.
43. Sidle RC, Tsuboyama Y, Noguchi S, Hosoda I, Fujieda M, Shimizu T. 2000. Stormflow generation in steep forested headwaters: a linked hydrogeomorphic paradigm. Hydrological Processes 14: 369-385.
44. Sivapalan M, Grayson R, Woods R. 2004. Scale and scaling in hydrology. Hydrological Processes 18: 1369-1371.
45. Sklash MG, Farvolden RN, Fritz P. 1976. A conceptual model of watershed response to rainfall, developed through the use of oxygen-18 as a natural tracer. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 13: 271-283.
46. Soulsby C, Neal C, Laudon H, Burns DA, Merot P, Bonell M, Dunn SM, Tetzlaff D. 2008. Catchment data for process conceptualization: simply not enough?. Hydrological Processes 22: 2057-2061.
47. Stewart MK, Fahey BD. 2010. Landuse effects on runoff generating processes in tussock grassland indicated by mean transit time estimation using tritium. Hydrological Earth Systems and Sciences Discussions 7: 1073-1102.
48. Stewart MK, Mehlhorn J, Elliott S. 2007. Hydrometric and natural tracer (oxygen-18, silica, tritium and sulphur hexafluoride) evidence for a dominant groundwater contribution to Pukemanga Stream, New Zealand. Hydrological Processes 21: 3340-3356.
49. Szilagyi J. 2009. Comment on "Power law catchment-scale recessions arising from heterogeneous linear small-scale dynamics" by C. J. Harman, M. Sivapalan, and P. Kumar. Water Resources Research 45: W12601.
50. Tallaksen LM. 1995. A review of baseflow recession analysis. Journal of Hydrology 165: 349-370.
51. Tetzlaff D, McDonnell JJ, Uhlenbrook S, McGuire KJ, Bogaart PW, Naef F, Baird AJ, Dunn SM, Soulsby C. 2008. Conceptualizing catchment processes: simply too complex? Hydrological Processes 22: 1727-1730.
52. Thyer M, Renard B, Kavetski D, Kuczera G, Franks SW, Srikanthan S. 2009. Critical evaluation of parameter consistency and predictive uncertainty in hydrological modeling: a case study using Bayesian total error analysis. Water Resources Research 45: W00B14.
53. Tromp-van Meerveld HJ, McDonnell JJ. 2005. Comment to "Spatial correlation of soil moisture in small catchments and its relationship to dominant spatial hydrological processes, Journal of Hydrology 286: 113-134". Journal of Hydrology 303: 307-312.
54. Tromp-van Meerveld HJ, McDonnell JJ. 2006a. Threshold relations in subsurface stormflow: 1. A 147-storm analysis of the Panola hillslope. Water Resources Research 42: W02411
55. Tromp-van Meerveld HJ, McDonnell JJ. 2006b. Threshold relations in subsurface stormflow: 2. The fill and spill hypothesis. Water Resources Research 42: W02409.
56. Vache KB, McDonnell JJ. 2006. A process-based rejectionist framework for evaluating catchment runoff model structure. Water Resources Research 42.
57. Wagener T, Wheater HS. 2006. Parameter estimation and regionalization for continuous rainfall-runoff models including uncertainty. Journal of Hydrology 320: 132-154.
58. Western AW, Grayson RB, Blöschl G. 2002. Scaling of soil moisture: a hydrologic perspective. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 30: 149-180.
59. Western AW, Zhou SL, Grayson RB, McMahon TA, Blöschl G, Wilson DJ. 2004. Spatial correlation of soil moisture in small catchments and its relationship to dominant spatial hydrological processes. Journal of Hydrology 286: 113-134.
60. Western AW, Zhou SL, Grayson RB, McMahon TA, Blöschl G, Wilson DJ. 2005. Reply to comment by Tromp van Meerveld and McDonnell on spatial correlation of soil moisture in small catchments and its relationship to dominant spatial hydrological processes. Journal of Hydrology 303: 313-315.
61. Wilson DJ, Western AW, Grayson RB, Berg AA, Lear MS, Rodell M, Famiglietti JS, Woods RA, McMahon TA. 2003. Spatial distribution of soil moisture over 6 and 30 cm depth, Mahurangi river catchment, New Zealand. Journal of Hydrology 276: 254-274.
62. Wittenberg H. 1999. Baseflow recession and recharge as nonlinear storage processes. Hydrological Processes 13: 715-726.
63. Woods RA, Grayson RB, Western AW, Duncan MJ, Wilson DJ, Young RI, Ibbitt RP, Henderson RD, McMahon TA. 2001. Experimental design and initial results from the Mahurangi River Variability Experiment: MARVEX. In Observations and Modelling of Land Surface Hydrological Processes, Lakshmi V, Albertson JD, Schaake J (eds). American Geophysical Union: Washington, DC; 201-213.