Prediction of hydrographs and flow-duration curves in almost ungauged catchments: Which runoff measurements are most informative for model calibration?

Pool, Sandra; Viviroli, Daniel; Seibert, Jan

doi:10.5167/uzh-139857

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Pool, S., Viviroli, D., & Seibert, J. (2017). Prediction of hydrographs and flow-duration curves in almost ungauged catchments: Which runoff measurements are most informative for model calibration? Journal of Hydrology, 554, 613–622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.09.037

Abstract

Applications of runoff models usually rely on long and continuous runoff time series for model calibration. However, many catchments around the world are ungauged and estimating runoff for these catchments is challenging. One approach is to perform a few runoff measurements in a previously fully ungauged catchment and to constrain a runoff model by these measurements. In this study we investigated the value of such individual runoff measurements when taken at strategic points in time for applying a bucket-type runoff model (HBV) in un