Articles | Volume 30, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-525-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-525-2026
Research article
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02 Feb 2026
Research article |  | 02 Feb 2026

Joint calibration of multi-scale hydrological data sets using probabilistic water balance data fusion: methodology and application to the irrigated Hindon River Basin, India

Roya Mourad, Gerrit Schoups, Vinnarasi Rajendran, and Wim Bastiaanssen

Model code and software

ExtensionsForWaterBalanceDataFusion Roya Mourad and Gerrit Schoups https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17348274

Water Balance Prior Uncertainty Analysis Software Mourad https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11148992

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Short summary
Water balance data are affected by various errors (bias and noise). To reduce these errors, this study presents a water balance data fusion approach that combines multi-scale data (from satellites and in-situ sensors) for each water balance variable and jointly calibrates them, resulting in consistent, bias-corrected and noise-filtered, water balance estimates, along with uncertainty bands. These estimates are useful for constraining process-based models and informing water management decisions.
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