Application of WEHY-HCM for Modeling Interactive Atmospheric-Hydrologic Processes at Watershed Scale to a Sparsely Gauged Watershed
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Reconstruction of Historical Atmospheric Conditions
3.1. Methodology for Generating a Reconstructed Atmospheric Data
3.2. Bias Correction and Reconstruction of Atmospheric Data
4. Implementation of WEHY Model over Upper Putah Creek Watershed
4.1. Delineation of Stream Reaches and Model Computationl Units
4.2. Estimation of Geommorphologic, Land Surface, and Soil Hydraulic Parameters
5. Discussion of WEHY-HCM Application Results
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Statistical Values | Calibration Periods (October 2005–September 2006) | Validation Periods (October 2001–September 2004) |
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Mean (observed/simulated) | 14.00/11.67 | 6.63/6.45 |
STDEV (observed/simulated) | 26.68/27.00 | 18.94/19.26 |
RMSE | 8.66 | 7.53 |
Correlation coefficient, R | 0.95 | 0.92 |
Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency, ENS | 0.89 | 0.84 |
Volume deviation, Dv (%) | 16.68 | 2.77 |
Chi-square test, α = 0.05 (critical/calculated) | 18.31/16.08 | 18.31/12.75 |
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Jang, S.; Kure, S.; Ohara, N.; Kavvas, M.L.; Chen, Z.Q.; Carr, K.J.; Anderson, M.L. Application of WEHY-HCM for Modeling Interactive Atmospheric-Hydrologic Processes at Watershed Scale to a Sparsely Gauged Watershed. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1554. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091554
Jang S, Kure S, Ohara N, Kavvas ML, Chen ZQ, Carr KJ, Anderson ML. Application of WEHY-HCM for Modeling Interactive Atmospheric-Hydrologic Processes at Watershed Scale to a Sparsely Gauged Watershed. Sustainability. 2017; 9(9):1554. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091554
Chicago/Turabian StyleJang, Suhyung, Shuichi Kure, Noriaki Ohara, M. Levent Kavvas, Z. Q. Chen, Kara J. Carr, and Michael L. Anderson. 2017. "Application of WEHY-HCM for Modeling Interactive Atmospheric-Hydrologic Processes at Watershed Scale to a Sparsely Gauged Watershed" Sustainability 9, no. 9: 1554. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091554