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            https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2903-2018
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Time-varying parameter models for catchments with land use change: the importance of model structure
Sahani Pathiraja
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                                            Institut für Mathematik,
Universität Potsdam,
Potsdam,
Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            Water Research Centre,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of New South Wales, 
Sydney, NSW,
Australia
                                        
                                    Daniela Anghileri
                                            Institute of Environmental Engineering,
ETH Zurich,
Zurich,
Switzerland
                                        
                                    Paolo Burlando
                                            Institute of Environmental Engineering,
ETH Zurich,
Zurich,
Switzerland
                                        
                                    Ashish Sharma
                                            Water Research Centre,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of New South Wales, 
Sydney, NSW,
Australia
                                        
                                    Lucy Marshall
                                            Water Research Centre,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of New South Wales, 
Sydney, NSW,
Australia
                                        
                                    Hamid Moradkhani
                                            Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering,
University of Alabama, 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
USA
                                        
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Short summary
            Hydrologic modeling methodologies must be developed that are capable of predicting runoff in catchments with changing land cover conditions. This article investigates the efficacy of a recently developed approach that allows for runoff prediction in catchments with unknown land cover changes, through experimentation in a deforested catchment in Vietnam. The importance of key elements of the method in ensuring its success, such as the chosen hydrologic model, is investigated.
            Hydrologic modeling methodologies must be developed that are capable of predicting runoff in...