Articles | Volume 21, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5443-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5443-2017
Research article
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06 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 06 Nov 2017

Streamflow characteristics from modeled runoff time series – importance of calibration criteria selection

Sandra Pool, Marc J. P. Vis, Rodney R. Knight, and Jan Seibert

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (19 Dec 2016) by Dimitri Solomatine
AR by Sandra Pool on behalf of the Authors (16 Jan 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (26 Jan 2017) by Dimitri Solomatine
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Jan 2017) by Dimitri Solomatine
RR by Oddbjørn Bruland (16 Feb 2017)
RR by Björn Guse (20 Feb 2017)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (01 Mar 2017) by Dimitri Solomatine
AR by Sandra Pool on behalf of the Authors (15 Mar 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Mar 2017) by Dimitri Solomatine
RR by Björn Guse (27 Mar 2017)
RR by Sjur Kolberg (10 Jun 2017)
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (16 Jun 2017) by Dimitri Solomatine
AR by Sandra Pool on behalf of the Authors (07 Jul 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Jul 2017) by Dimitri Solomatine
RR by Sjur Kolberg (11 Sep 2017)
ED: Publish as is (15 Sep 2017) by Dimitri Solomatine
AR by Sandra Pool on behalf of the Authors (25 Sep 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
This modeling study explores the effect of different model calibration criteria on the accuracy of simulated streamflow characteristics (SFCs). The results imply that one has to consider significant uncertainties when simulated time series are used to derive SFCs that were not included in the calibration. Thus, we strongly recommend calibrating the runoff model explicitly for the SFCs of interest. Our study helps improve the estimation of SFCs for ungauged catchments based on runoff models.