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HESS Opinions "Crash tests for a standardized evaluation of hydrological models"
1Cemagref, Hydrosystems and Bioprocesses Research Unit, Antony, France
2EDF-LNHE, Chatou, France
3Cemagref, G-EAU Research Unit, Montpellier, France
4Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR Sisyphe, Paris, France
5EDF-DTG, Grenoble, France
6AgroParisTech, Paris, France
*now at: CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
Abstract. As all hydrological models are intrinsically limited hypotheses on the behaviour of catchments, models – which attempt to represent real-world behaviour – will always remain imperfect. To make progress on the long road towards improved models, we need demanding tests, i.e. true crash tests. Efficient testing requires large and varied data sets to develop and assess hydrological models, to ensure their generality, to diagnose their failures, and ultimately, help improving them.
Final Revised Paper (PDF, 357 KB) Discussion Paper (HESSD)
Citation: Andréassian, V., Perrin, C., Berthet, L., Le Moine, N., Lerat, J., Loumagne, C., Oudin, L., Mathevet, T., Ramos, M.-H., and Valéry, A.: HESS Opinions "Crash tests for a standardized evaluation of hydrological models", Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1757-1764, doi:10.5194/hess-13-1757-2009, 2009. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
