Articles | Volume 26, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3537-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3537-2022
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08 Jul 2022
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The Great Lakes Runoff Intercomparison Project Phase 4: the Great Lakes (GRIP-GL)

Juliane Mai, Hongren Shen, Bryan A. Tolson, Étienne Gaborit, Richard Arsenault, James R. Craig, Vincent Fortin, Lauren M. Fry, Martin Gauch, Daniel Klotz, Frederik Kratzert, Nicole O'Brien, Daniel G. Princz, Sinan Rasiya Koya, Tirthankar Roy, Frank Seglenieks, Narayan K. Shrestha, André G. T. Temgoua, Vincent Vionnet, and Jonathan W. Waddell

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on hess-2022-113', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Apr 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Juliane Mai, 03 Jun 2022
  • CC1: 'Comment on hess-2022-113', John Ding, 18 May 2022
    • AC3: 'Reply on CC1', Juliane Mai, 03 Jun 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on hess-2022-113', Matteo Giuliani, 24 May 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Juliane Mai, 03 Jun 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (05 Jun 2022) by Alberto Guadagnini
AR by Juliane Mai on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (10 Jun 2022) by Alberto Guadagnini
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Executive editor
The study provides a unique effort undertaken by several research groups in the context of a remarkably instrumented large scale system. The latter is subject to a variety of measurement approaches and techniques and a wide range of models are considered in a remarkable inter-comparison study. Key methodological elements stemming from this very comprehensive work are highly relevant to the broad hydrological community.
Short summary
Model intercomparison studies are carried out to test various models and compare the quality of their outputs over the same domain. In this study, 13 diverse model setups using the same input data are evaluated over the Great Lakes region. Various model outputs – such as streamflow, evaporation, soil moisture, and amount of snow on the ground – are compared using standardized methods and metrics. The basin-wise model outputs and observations are made available through an interactive website.