Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
HESS
Articles | Volume 27, issue 9
Articles | Volume 27, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1809-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1809-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 27, issue 9
Research article
 | 
09 May 2023
Research article |  | 09 May 2023

Benchmarking high-resolution hydrologic model performance of long-term retrospective streamflow simulations in the contiguous United States

Erin Towler, Sydney S. Foks, Aubrey L. Dugger, Jesse E. Dickinson, Hedeff I. Essaid, David Gochis, Roland J. Viger, and Yongxin Zhang

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1809-2023-supplement

Data sets

Application of the National Hydrologic Model Infrastructure with the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (NHM-PRMS), 1980-2016, Daymet Version 3 calibration L. E. Hay and J. H. LaFontaine https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PGZE0S

Daily streamflow performance benchmark defined by the standard statistical suite (v1.0) for the National Water Model Retrospective (v2.1) at benchmark streamflow locations for the conterminous United States (ver 3.0, March 2023) E. Towler, S. S. Foks, L. E. Staub, J. E. Dickinson, A. L. Dugger, H. I. Essaid, D. Gochis, T. O. Hodson, R. J. Viger, and Y. Zhang https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QT1KV7

Daily streamflow performance benchmark defined by the standard statistical suite (v1.0) for the National Hydrologic Model application of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (v1 byObs Muskingum) at benchmark streamflow locations for the conterminous U E. Towler, S. S. Foks, L. E. Staub, J. E. Dickinson, A. L. Dugger, H. I. Essaid, D. Gochis, T. O. Hodson, R. J. Viger, and Y. Zhang https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DKA9KQ

National Water Model CONUS Retrospective Dataset NOAA https://registry.opendata.aws/nwm-archive

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Short summary
Hydrologic models developed to assess water availability need to be systematically evaluated. This study evaluates the long-term performance of two high-resolution hydrologic models that simulate streamflow across the contiguous United States. Both models show similar performance overall and regionally, with better performance in minimally disturbed basins than in those impacted by human activity. At about 80 % of the sites, both models outperform the seasonal climatological benchmark.
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