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11 Nov 2021
Research article |
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On the selection of precipitation products for the regionalisation of hydrological model parameters
Oscar M. Baez-Villanueva
Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln, Cologne, Germany
Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
Center for Climate and Resilience Research, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Pablo A. Mendoza
Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Ian McNamara
Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln, Cologne, Germany
Hylke E. Beck
GloH2O, Almere, the Netherlands
Joschka Thurner
Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln, Cologne, Germany
Alexandra Nauditt
Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln, Cologne, Germany
Lars Ribbe
Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln, Cologne, Germany
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
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Short summary
Most rivers worldwide are ungauged, which hinders the sustainable management of water resources. Regionalisation methods use information from gauged rivers to estimate streamflow over ungauged ones. Through hydrological modelling, we assessed how the selection of precipitation products affects the performance of three regionalisation methods. We found that a precipitation product that provides the best results in hydrological modelling does not necessarily perform the best for regionalisation.
Most rivers worldwide are ungauged, which hinders the sustainable management of water resources....
