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  Multimodel uncertainty changes in simulated river flows induced by human impact parameterizations

Liu, X., Tang, Q., Cui, H., Mu, M., Gerten, D., Gosling, S. N., Masaki, Y., Satoh, Y., Wada, Y. (2017): Multimodel uncertainty changes in simulated river flows induced by human impact parameterizations. - Environmental Research Letters, 12, 2, 25009.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5a3a

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Liu, X.1, Author
Tang, Q.1, Author
Cui, H.1, Author
Mu, M.1, Author
Gerten, Dieter2, Author              
Gosling, S. N.1, Author
Masaki, Y.1, Author
Satoh, Y.1, Author
Wada, Y.1, Author
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 Abstract: Human impacts increasingly affect the global hydrological cycle and indeed dominate hydrological changes in some regions. Hydrologists have sought to identify the human-impact-induced hydrological variations via parameterizing anthropogenic water uses in global hydrological models (GHMs). The consequently increased model complexity is likely to introduce additional uncertainty among GHMs. Here, using four GHMs, between-model uncertainties are quantified in terms of the ratio of signal to noise (SNR) for average river flow during 1971–2000 simulated in two experiments, with representation of human impacts (VARSOC) and without (NOSOC). It is the first quantitative investigation of between-model uncertainty resulted from the inclusion of human impact parameterizations. Results show that the between-model uncertainties in terms of SNRs in the VARSOC annual flow are larger (about 2% for global and varied magnitude for different basins) than those in the NOSOC, which are particularly significant in most areas of Asia and northern areas to the Mediterranean Sea. The SNR differences are mostly negative (−20% to 5%, indicating higher uncertainty) for basin-averaged annual flow. The VARSOC high flow shows slightly lower uncertainties than NOSOC simulations, with SNR differences mostly ranging from −20% to 20%. The uncertainty differences between the two experiments are significantly related to the fraction of irrigation areas of basins. The large additional uncertainties in VARSOC simulations introduced by the inclusion of parameterizations of human impacts raise the urgent need of GHMs development regarding a better understanding of human impacts. Differences in the parameterizations of irrigation, reservoir regulation and water withdrawals are discussed towards potential directions of improvements for future GHM development. We also discuss the advantages of statistical approaches to reduce the between-model uncertainties, and the importance of calibration of GHMs for not only better performances of historical simulations but also more robust and confidential future projections of hydrological changes under a changing environment.

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 Dates: 2017
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa5a3a
PIKDOMAIN: Earth System Analysis - Research Domain I
eDoc: 7561
Research topic keyword: Freshwater
Research topic keyword: Climate impacts
Model / method: LPJmL
Regional keyword: Global
Organisational keyword: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Working Group: Terrestrial Safe Operating Space
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 12 (2) Sequence Number: 25009 Start / End Page: - Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/150326