Evaluation of global fine-resolution precipitation products and their uncertainty quantification in ensemble discharge simulations

Qi, W.; Zhang, C.; Fu, G.; Sweetapple, C.; Zhou, H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-903-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-903-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-903-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

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26 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 26 Feb 2016

Evaluation of global fine-resolution precipitation products and their uncertainty quantification in ensemble discharge simulations

W. Qi, C. Zhang, G. Fu, C. Sweetapple, and H. Zhou

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RC C3849: 'Review for "Evaluation of global fine-resolution precipitation products and their uncertainty quantification in ensemble discharge simulations" by Qi et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Sep 2015
- AC C4954: 'Reply to reviewer 1', Chi Zhang, 19 Nov 2015
RC C4022: 'Comments on “Evaluation of global fine-resolution precipitation products and their uncertainty quantification in ensemble discharge simulations”', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Oct 2015
- AC C4955: 'Reply to reviewer 2', Chi Zhang, 19 Nov 2015
RC C4027: 'Review of “Evaluation of global fine-resolution precipitation products and their uncertainty quantification in ensemble discharge simulations” by W. Qi, C. Zhang, G. T. Fu, C. Sweetapple, and H. C. Zhou', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Oct 2015
- AC C4956: 'Reply to reviewer 3', Chi Zhang, 19 Nov 2015
RC C4332: 'Review: Evaluation of global fine-resolution precipitation products and their uncertainty quantification in ensemble discharge simulations by W. Qi et al', Anonymous Referee #4, 20 Oct 2015
- AC C4957: 'Reply to reviewer 4', Chi Zhang, 19 Nov 2015

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (07 Dec 2015) by Bob Su

AR by Chi Zhang on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Dec 2015) by Bob Su

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Dec 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (14 Jan 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (19 Jan 2016)

Suggestions for revision or reasons for rejection

Some minor comments and potential areas of improvement:

1. Page 2, L29: “a lot” – not precise. Revise
2. Page 3: remove bullets. Paragraph it!!
3. Page 4, L83: 3 citations are not many authors!!
4. Pg 5, L112 – the aim stated here does not capture with clarity the thrust of the paper. The issues of coalitions and uncertainty are missing
5. Pg 6, L140: “wholly” instead of “fully”
6. Pg 10, L243- Pg 11 L249: Consider putting this catchment description in section 2.1 (study area)
7. Pg 20,L467: “was” instead of “has been”
8. Pg 20,L468-9: Its not an issue of just comparing with other published parameter and then saying your parameters are acceptable. Shouldn’t it be more about the system you are modelling compared to the other simialr systems published in papers?
9. Pg 21, L512: 0.73 is not great performance. It seem more satisfactory than “great”. You can find information on how to interpret the range of NSE values on page 12555 of the first reference below or on page 8, section 3.3 of the second one
10. Pg 21, L514: “This reveals the influence of different characterizations of…” What does this mean?
11. Pg 24, L580: “It is more complex…. More changeable” What is this “it”?
12. Pg 24, L586: Revise! Grammar!
13. Pg 25, L597: “The spatial…this study”. What does that line mean?
14. Pg 25, L614: Coalition and not collation, I think!!
15. Pg 26, L618: “…tested in the future work” – delete “the”
16. Pg 26, L629: compensation by
17. Pg 26, L630: modeling accuracy
18. Pg 26, L631-2: “That is, the errors… model processes”. What does this mean? Could they be rather subsumed in model structural uncertainties?
19. Pg 27, L645: delete “be able to”
20. Pg 27, L660-662: “At present… precipitation analysis” the GPM statement is hanging, not integrated! It sounds out of context! Revise!

References
1. Gumindoga, W.; Rientjes, T.; Shekede, M.D.; Rwasoka, D.T.; Nhapi, I.; Haile, A.T. Hydrological Impacts of Urbanization of Two Catchments in Harare, Zimbabwe. Remote Sens. 2014, 6, 12544-12574.

2. Gumindoga, W., Rientjes, T.H.M., Haile, A.T., Dube, T., 2014. Predicting streamflow for land cover changes in the Upper Gilgel Abay River Basin, Ethiopia: A TOPMODEL based approach. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 76–78: 3-15

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Feb 2016) by Bob Su

AR by Chi Zhang on behalf of the Authors (04 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Six precipitation products, including TRMM3B42, TRMM3B42RT, GLDAS/Noah, APHRODITE, PERSIANN, and GSMAP-MVK+, are investigated in the usually neglected area of NE China, and a framework is developed to quantify the contributions of uncertainties from precipitation products, hydrological models, and their interactions to uncertainty in simulated discharges. It is found that interactions between hydrological models and precipitation products contribute significantly to uncertainty in discharge.