the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Comparison of predictions of rainfall-runoff models for changes in rainfall in the Murray-Darling Basin
Abstract. Management of water resources requires an appreciation for how climate change, in particular changes in rainfall, affects the volume of water available in runoff. While there are many studies that use hydrological models for this purpose, comparisons of predictions appear much less commonly in the literature. This paper aims to contribute to this discussion by proposing methods for evaluating the effect on daily runoff projections of rainfall-runoff models when historical daily rainfall inputs are scaled by factors that increase and decrease the rainfall. Considered are the widely used lumped conceptual model SIMHYD and a selection of time series models which feature lagged runoff and rainfall terms. In particular these are AutoRegressive with eXogenous input (ARX), a variant containing nonlinear autoregressive runoff terms (NARX), a model for the log transform of runoff, a finite impulse response model (FIR) and a two regime threshold autoregressive model with exogenous input (TARX).
Results show that SIMHYD and the single regime time series models considered have very different behaviour under scaled input rainfall. Reasons for the discrepancy are discussed. The amplification of the rainfall change observed for SIMHYD is consistent with claims that a 1% change in rainfall leads to a 2–3% change in runoff in the Murray-Darling Basin.
- Preprint
(784 KB) - Metadata XML
- BibTeX
- EndNote
-
RC C132: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Feb 2011
-
AC C244: 'Response to Reviewer #1's comments', Jason Whyte, 02 Mar 2011
- AC C711: 'Details of TARX model calibration in R function TVAR', Jason Whyte, 02 Apr 2011
-
AC C244: 'Response to Reviewer #1's comments', Jason Whyte, 02 Mar 2011
-
RC C159: 'Comparison of predictions of rainfall-runoff models for changes in rainfall in the Murray--Darling Basin', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Feb 2011
- AC C507: 'Response to Reviewer #2's comments', Jason Whyte, 18 Mar 2011
- EC C1646: 'Editor comment', Hannah Cloke, 20 May 2011
-
RC C132: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Feb 2011
-
AC C244: 'Response to Reviewer #1's comments', Jason Whyte, 02 Mar 2011
- AC C711: 'Details of TARX model calibration in R function TVAR', Jason Whyte, 02 Apr 2011
-
AC C244: 'Response to Reviewer #1's comments', Jason Whyte, 02 Mar 2011
-
RC C159: 'Comparison of predictions of rainfall-runoff models for changes in rainfall in the Murray--Darling Basin', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Feb 2011
- AC C507: 'Response to Reviewer #2's comments', Jason Whyte, 18 Mar 2011
- EC C1646: 'Editor comment', Hannah Cloke, 20 May 2011
Viewed
HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
878 | 494 | 67 | 1,439 | 102 | 102 |
- HTML: 878
- PDF: 494
- XML: 67
- Total: 1,439
- BibTeX: 102
- EndNote: 102
Cited
3 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Understanding the impact of climate change on the dwindling water resources of South Africa, focusing mainly on Olifants River basin: A review G. Nkhonjera 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.02.004
- Performance evaluation and hydrological trend detection of a reservoir under climate change condition R. Sethi et al. 10.1007/s40808-015-0035-0
- Climate change model as a decision support tool for water resources management in northern Iraq: a case study of Greater Zab River Y. Osman et al. 10.2166/wcc.2017.083