Uncertainty in hydrological signatures

Westerberg, I. K.; McMillan, H. K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3951-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3951-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3951-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

Research article

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24 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 24 Sep 2015

Uncertainty in hydrological signatures

I. K. Westerberg and H. K. McMillan

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RC C1592: 'Could aim at setting a standard', Alberto Viglione, 19 May 2015
- AC C2913: 'Response to Referee 1, Alberto Viglione', Ida Westerberg, 29 Jul 2015
RC C1703: 'Referee Comments (Hoshin Gupta)', Hoshin Gupta, 22 May 2015
- AC C2914: 'Response to Referee 2, Hoshin Gupta', Ida Westerberg, 29 Jul 2015
RC C2052: 'Reviewer's comments (Nataliya Le Vine)', Nataliya Le Vine, 12 Jun 2015
- AC C2915: 'Response to Referee 3, N. Le Vine', Ida Westerberg, 29 Jul 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (30 Jul 2015) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Ida Westerberg on behalf of the Authors (31 Jul 2015) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (24 Aug 2015) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Ida Westerberg on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2015)

Short summary

This study investigated the effect of uncertainties in data and calculation methods on hydrological signatures. We present a widely applicable method to evaluate signature uncertainty and show results for two example catchments. The uncertainties were often large (i.e. typical intervals of ±10–40% relative uncertainty) and highly variable between signatures. It is therefore important to consider uncertainty when signatures are used for hydrological and ecohydrological analyses and modelling.