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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-147-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The role and value of distributed precipitation data in hydrological models
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Water and
River Basin Management, Karlsruhe, Germany
Markus Hrachowitz
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, Delft, the Netherlands
Malte Neuper
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Water and
River Basin Management, Karlsruhe, Germany
Erwin Zehe
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Water and
River Basin Management, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Short summary
This study investigates the role and value of distributed rainfall in the runoff generation of a mesoscale catchment. We compare the performance of different hydrological models at different periods and show that a distributed model driven by distributed rainfall yields improved performances only during certain periods. We then step beyond this finding and develop a spatially adaptive model that is capable of dynamically adjusting its spatial model structure in time.
This study investigates the role and value of distributed rainfall in the runoff generation of a...