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Research article
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15 Oct 2018
Research article |
| 15 Oct 2018
| 15 Oct 2018
Rainfall disaggregation for hydrological modeling: is there a need for spatial consistence?
Hannes Müller-Thomy
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30175 Hanover, Germany
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, 1040, Austria
previously published under the name Hannes Müller
Markus Wallner
bpi Hannover – Beratende Ingenieure, 30177 Hanover, Germany
Kristian Förster
Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30175 Hanover, Germany
Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
alpS – Centre for Climate Change Adaptation, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
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Short summary
Rainfall time series are disaggregated from daily to hourly values to be used for rainfall–runoff modeling of mesoscale catchments. Spatial rainfall consistency is implemented afterwards using simulated annealing. With the calibration process applied, observed runoff statistics (e.g., summer and winter peak flows) are represented well. However, rainfall datasets with under- or over-estimation of spatial consistency lead to similar results, so the need for a good representation can be questioned.
Rainfall time series are disaggregated from daily to hourly values to be used for...
