Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4565-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4565-2018
Research article
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29 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2018

Incremental model breakdown to assess the multi-hypotheses problem

Florian U. Jehn, Lutz Breuer, Tobias Houska, Konrad Bestian, and Philipp Kraft

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (23 Mar 2018) by Albrecht Weerts
AR by Florian Ulrich Jehn on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 May 2018) by Albrecht Weerts
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (12 Jun 2018)
RR by Lieke Melsen (15 Jun 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Jun 2018) by Albrecht Weerts
AR by Florian Ulrich Jehn on behalf of the Authors (04 Jul 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Aug 2018) by Albrecht Weerts
AR by Florian Ulrich Jehn on behalf of the Authors (07 Aug 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Aug 2018) by Albrecht Weerts
AR by Florian Ulrich Jehn on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (14 Aug 2018) by Albrecht Weerts
AR by Florian Ulrich Jehn on behalf of the Authors (14 Aug 2018)
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Short summary
By realizing that hydrological models are not one single hypothesis, but an assemblage of many hypotheses, new ways to scrutinize hydrological models are needed. Up until now, studies concentrate on comparing existing models or built models incrementally. This approach here tries to tackle the problem the other way around. We construct a complex model, containing all processes important for the catchment, and deconstruct it step by step to understand the influence of single processes.