Articles | Volume 27, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1809-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1809-2023
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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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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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