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Prediction uncertainty of conceptual rainfall-runoff models caused by problems in identifying model parameters and structure
Authors:STEFAN UHLENBROOK  JAN SEIBERT  CHRISTIAN LEIBUNDGUT  ALLAN RODHE
Institution:1. Institute of Hydrology, University of Freiburg , Fahnenbergplatz, D-79098, Freiburg, Germany E-mail: uhlenbro@uni-freiburg.de;2. Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences , Hydrology, Villav?gen 16, S-75236, Uppsala, Sweden E-mail: jan.seibert@hyd.uu.se;3. Institute of Hydrology, University of Freiburg , Fahnenbergplatz, D- 79098, Freiburg, Germany;4. Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences , Hydrology, Villav?gen 16, S-75236, Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract:Abstract

The uncertainties arising from the problem of identifying a representative model structure and model parameters in a conceptual rainfall-runoff model were investigated. A conceptual model, the HBV model, was applied to the mountainous Brugga basin (39.9 km”) in the Black Forest, southwestern Germany. In a first step, a Monte Carlo procedure with randomly generated parameter sets was used for calibration. For a ten-year calibration period, different parameter sets resulted in an equally good correspondence between observed and simulated runoff. A few parameters were well defined (i.e. best parameter values were within small ranges), but for most parameters good simulations were found with values varying over wide ranges. In a second step, model variants with different numbers of elevation and landuse zones and various runoff generation conceptualizations were tested. In some cases, representation of more spatial variability gave better simulations in terms of discharge. However, good results could be obtained with different and even unrealistic concepts. The computation of design floods and low flow predictions illustrated that the parameter uncertainty and the uncertainty of identifying a unique best model variant have implications for model predictions. The flow predictions varied considerably. The peak discharge of a flood with a probability of 0.01 year?1, for instance, varied from 40 to almost 60 mm day?1. It was concluded that model predictions, particularly in applied studies, should be given as ranges rather than as single values.
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