Articles | Volume 20, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2811-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2811-2016
Research article
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13 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 13 Jul 2016

Using dry and wet year hydroclimatic extremes to guide future hydrologic projections

Stephen Oni, Martyn Futter, Jose Ledesma, Claudia Teutschbein, Jim Buttle, and Hjalmar Laudon

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (06 Apr 2016) by Niko Verhoest
AR by Stephen Oni on behalf of the Authors (04 May 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 May 2016) by Niko Verhoest
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (10 Jun 2016)
RR by Patrick Willems (12 Jun 2016)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Jun 2016) by Niko Verhoest
AR by Stephen Oni on behalf of the Authors (21 Jun 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (22 Jun 2016) by Niko Verhoest
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Short summary
This paper presents an important framework to improve hydrologic projections in cold regions. Hydrologic modelling/projections are often based on model calibration to long-term data. Here we used dry and wet years as a proxy to quantify uncertainty in projecting hydrologic extremes. We showed that projections based on long-term data could underestimate runoff by up to 35% in boreal regions. We believe the hydrologic modelling community will benefit from new insights derived from this study.