A history of TOPMODEL

Beven, Keith J.; Kirkby, Mike J.; Freer, Jim E.; Lamb, Rob

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-527-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-527-2021

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History of hydrology (HESS/HGSS inter-journal SI)

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-527-2021

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Articles | Volume 25, issue 2

Review article

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02 Feb 2021

Review article |

| 02 Feb 2021

A history of TOPMODEL

Keith J. Beven, Mike J. Kirkby, Jim E. Freer, and Rob Lamb

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Also part of the history ?', Gilles Boulet, 31 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Comment', Keith Beven, 29 Oct 2020
RC1: 'A multi-faceted history', Francesc Gallart, 31 Aug 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Comment by Frances Gallart', Keith Beven, 29 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Reviewers comments (David Milledge)', Dave Milledge, 10 Sep 2020
- AC4: 'Response to Comments by Dave Milledge', Keith Beven, 29 Oct 2020
RC3: 'A very nice synthesis', Wouter Buytaert, 20 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Referee Comment by Wouter Buytaert', Keith Beven, 21 Oct 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (01 Nov 2020) by Okke Batelaan

AR by Keith Beven on behalf of the Authors (17 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Nov 2020) by Okke Batelaan

AR by Keith Beven on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

The theory that forms the basis of TOPMODEL was first outlined by Mike Kirkby some 45 years ago. This paper recalls some of the early developments: the rejection of the first journal paper, the early days of digital terrain analysis, model calibration and validation, the various criticisms of the simplifying assumptions, and the relaxation of those assumptions in the dynamic forms of TOPMODEL, and it considers what we might do now with the benefit of hindsight.