Dynamic identifiability analysis-based model structure evaluation considering rating curve uncertainty
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- Stijn Van Hoey (UGent) , Ingmar Nopens (UGent) , Johannes van der Kwast and Piet Seuntjens (UGent)
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- When applying hydrological models, different sources of uncertainty are present, and evaluations of model performances should take these into account to assess model outcomes correctly. Furthermore, uncertainty in the discharge observations complicates the model identification, both in terms of model structure and parameterization. In this paper, the authors compare two different lumped model structures (PDM and NAM) considering uncertainty coming from the rating curve. Limits of acceptability for the model simulations were determined based on derived uncertainty bounds of the discharge observations. The authors applied the DYNamic Identifiability Approach (DYNIA) to identify structural failure of both models and to evaluate the configuration of their structures. In general, similar model performances are observed. However, the model structures tend to behave differently in the course of time, as revealed by the DYNIA approach. Based on the analyses performed, the probability based soil storage representation of the PDM model outperforms the NAM structure. The incorporation of the observation error did not prevent the DYNIA analysis to identify potential model structural deficiencies that are limiting the representation of the seasonal variation, primarily indicated by shifting regions of parameter identifiability. As such, the proposed approach is able to indicate where deficiencies are found and model improvement is needed.
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- DATA ASSIMILATION, CATCHMENT, FLOW, IDENTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, IMPROVED CALIBRATION, PARAMETER-ESTIMATION, HYDROLOGICAL MODELS, RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODEL, PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTED MODEL, Uncertainty, Parameter identifiability, Sensitivity analysis, Mathematical models
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5974358
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- Van Hoey, Stijn, et al. “Dynamic Identifiability Analysis-Based Model Structure Evaluation Considering Rating Curve Uncertainty.” JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING, vol. 20, no. 5, 2015, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000995.
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- Van Hoey, S., Nopens, I., van der Kwast, J., & Seuntjens, P. (2015). Dynamic identifiability analysis-based model structure evaluation considering rating curve uncertainty. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING, 20(5). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000995
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- Van Hoey, Stijn, Ingmar Nopens, Johannes van der Kwast, and Piet Seuntjens. 2015. “Dynamic Identifiability Analysis-Based Model Structure Evaluation Considering Rating Curve Uncertainty.” JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING 20 (5). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000995.
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- Van Hoey, Stijn, Ingmar Nopens, Johannes van der Kwast, and Piet Seuntjens. 2015. “Dynamic Identifiability Analysis-Based Model Structure Evaluation Considering Rating Curve Uncertainty.” JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING 20 (5). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000995.
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- 1.Van Hoey S, Nopens I, van der Kwast J, Seuntjens P. Dynamic identifiability analysis-based model structure evaluation considering rating curve uncertainty. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING. 2015;20(5).
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- [1]S. Van Hoey, I. Nopens, J. van der Kwast, and P. Seuntjens, “Dynamic identifiability analysis-based model structure evaluation considering rating curve uncertainty,” JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING, vol. 20, no. 5, 2015.
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abstract = {{When applying hydrological models, different sources of uncertainty are present, and evaluations of model performances should take these into account to assess model outcomes correctly. Furthermore, uncertainty in the discharge observations complicates the model identification, both in terms of model structure and parameterization. In this paper, the authors compare two different lumped model structures (PDM and NAM) considering uncertainty coming from the rating curve. Limits of acceptability for the model simulations were determined based on derived uncertainty bounds of the discharge observations. The authors applied the DYNamic Identifiability Approach (DYNIA) to identify structural failure of both models and to evaluate the configuration of their structures. In general, similar model performances are observed. However, the model structures tend to behave differently in the course of time, as revealed by the DYNIA approach. Based on the analyses performed, the probability based soil storage representation of the PDM model outperforms the NAM structure. The incorporation of the observation error did not prevent the DYNIA analysis to identify potential model structural deficiencies that are limiting the representation of the seasonal variation, primarily indicated by shifting regions of parameter identifiability. As such, the proposed approach is able to indicate where deficiencies are found and model improvement is needed.}},
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author = {{Van Hoey, Stijn and Nopens, Ingmar and van der Kwast, Johannes and Seuntjens, Piet}},
issn = {{1084-0699}},
journal = {{JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING}},
keywords = {{DATA ASSIMILATION,CATCHMENT,FLOW,IDENTIFICATION,ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS,IMPROVED CALIBRATION,PARAMETER-ESTIMATION,HYDROLOGICAL MODELS,RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODEL,PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTED MODEL,Uncertainty,Parameter identifiability,Sensitivity analysis,Mathematical models}},
language = {{eng}},
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volume = {{20}},
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