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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-105-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-105-2021
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Research article
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06 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 06 Jan 2021
| 06 Jan 2021
Flood spatial coherence, triggers, and performance in hydrological simulations: large-sample evaluation of four streamflow-calibrated models
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Lieke A. Melsen
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Andrew W. Wood
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Oldrich Rakovec
Department Computational Hydrosystems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague – Suchdol, Czech Republic
Naoki Mizukami
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Wouter J. M. Knoben
University of Saskatchewan Coldwater Laboratory, Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Martyn P. Clark
University of Saskatchewan Coldwater Laboratory, Canmore, Alberta, Canada
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Short summary
Assessments of current, local, and regional flood hazards and their future changes often involve the use of hydrologic models. A reliable model ideally reproduces both local flood characteristics and regional aspects of flooding. In this paper we investigate how such characteristics are represented by hydrologic models. Our results show that both the modeling of local and regional flood characteristics are challenging, especially under changing climate conditions.
Assessments of current, local, and regional flood hazards and their future changes often involve...
