The importance of topography-controlled sub-grid process heterogeneity and  semi-quantitative prior constraints in distributed hydrological models

Nijzink, Remko C.; Samaniego, Luis; Mai, Juliane; Kumar, Rohini; Thober, Stephan; Zink, Matthias; Schäfer, David; Savenije, Hubert H. G.; Hrachowitz, Markus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1151-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1151-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1151-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 3

Research article

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17 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 17 Mar 2016

The importance of topography-controlled sub-grid process heterogeneity and semi-quantitative prior constraints in distributed hydrological models

Remko C. Nijzink, Luis Samaniego, Juliane Mai, Rohini Kumar, Stephan Thober, Matthias Zink, David Schäfer, Hubert H. G. Savenije, and Markus Hrachowitz

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RC C6703: 'Referee comments to Nijzink et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Feb 2016
- AC C6793: 'Reply to Referee 1', Remko C. Nijzink, 17 Feb 2016
RC C6790: 'Comments on hess-2015-489', Fuqiang Tian, 17 Feb 2016
- AC C6797: 'Response to Fuqiang Tian', Remko C. Nijzink, 17 Feb 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (23 Feb 2016) by Erwin Zehe

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ED: Publish as is (04 Mar 2016) by Erwin Zehe

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Short summary

The heterogeneity of landscapes in river basins strongly affects the hydrological response. In this study, the distributed mesoscale Hydrologic Model (mHM) was equipped with additional processes identified by landscapes within one modelling cell. Seven study catchments across Europe were selected to test the value of this additional sub-grid heterogeneity. In addition, the models were constrained based on expert knowledge. Generally, the modifications improved the representation of low flows.