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  Comparison of two model calibration approaches and their influence on future projections under climate change in the Upper Indus Basin

Ismail, M. F., Naz, B. S., Wortmann, M., Disse, M., Bowling, L. C., Bogacki, W. (2020): Comparison of two model calibration approaches and their influence on future projections under climate change in the Upper Indus Basin. - Climatic Change, 163, 3, 1227-1246.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02902-3

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Ismail, Muhammad Fraz1, Author
Naz, Bibi S.1, Author
Wortmann, Michel2, Author              
Disse, Markus1, Author
Bowling, Laura C.1, Author
Bogacki, Wolfgang1, Author
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 Abstract: This study performs a comparison of two model calibration/validation approaches and their influence on future hydrological projections under climate change by employing two climate scenarios (RCP2.6 and 8.5) projected by four global climate models. Two hydrological models (HMs), snowmelt runoff model + glaciers and variable infiltration capacity model coupled with a glacier model, were used to simulate streamflow in the highly snow and glacier melt–driven Upper Indus Basin. In the first (conventional) calibration approach, the models were calibrated only at the basin outlet, while in the second (enhanced) approach intermediate gauges, different climate conditions and glacier mass balance were considered. Using the conventional and enhanced calibration approaches, the monthly Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) for both HMs ranged from 0.71 to 0.93 and 0.79 to 0.90 in the calibration, while 0.57–0.92 and 0.54–0.83 in the validation periods, respectively. For the future impact assessment, comparison of differences based on the two calibration/validation methods at the annual scale (i.e. 2011–2099) shows small to moderate differences of up to 10%, whereas differences at the monthly scale reached up to 19% in the cold months (i.e. October–March) for the far future period. Comparison of sources of uncertainty using analysis of variance showed that the contribution of HM parameter uncertainty to the overall uncertainty is becoming very small by the end of the century using the enhanced approach. This indicates that enhanced approach could potentially help to reduce uncertainties in the hydrological projections when compared to the conventional calibration approach.

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 Dates: 2020-11-032020-11-032020-12-12
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02902-3
PIKDOMAIN: RD2 - Climate Resilience
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Organisational keyword: RD2 - Climate Resilience
Working Group: Hydroclimatic Risks
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 163 (3) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1227 - 1246 Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/journals80
Publisher: Springer