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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Geoffrey ParkinORCiD, Dr Greg O'Donnell, Professor John Ewen, Dr James Bathurst, Professor Enda O'Connell
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Validation methods commonly used to test catchment models are not capable of demonstrating a model's fitness for making predictions for catchments where the catchment response is not known (including hypothetical catchments, and future conditions of existing catchments which are subject to land-use or climate change). This paper describes the first use of a new method of validation (Ewen and Parkin, 1996. J. Hydrol., 175: 583-594) designed to address these types of application; the method involves making 'blind' predictions of selected hydrological responses which are considered important for a particular application. SHETRAN (a physically based, distributed catchment modelling system) is tested on a small Mediterranean catchment, The test involves quantification of the uncertainty in four predicted features of the catchment response (continuous hydrograph, peak discharge rates, monthly runoff, and total runoff), and comparison of observations with the predicted ranges for these features. The results of this test are considered encouraging.
Author(s): Parkin G, O'Donnell GM, Ewen J, Bathurst JC, O'Connell PE, Lavabre J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Hydrology
Year: 1996
Volume: 175
Issue: 1-4
Pages: 595-613
ISSN (print): 0022-1694
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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(96)80027-8
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)80027-8
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