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A hypothetical reality of Tarrawarra‐like hydrologic response
Author(s) -
Mirus Benjamin B.,
Loague Keith,
VanderKwaak Joel E.,
Kampf Stephanie K.,
Burges Stephen J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
hydrological processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.222
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1099-1085
pISSN - 0885-6087
DOI - 10.1002/hyp.7241
Subject(s) - hydrological modelling , hydrology (agriculture) , computer science , drainage basin , environmental science , catchment hydrology , boundary (topology) , geology , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , geography , climatology , cartography , mathematical analysis
The objective of this work was to develop a hypothetical reality of hydrologic response to be used as an error‐free synthetic dataset in a larger ongoing study. The hypothetical reality was generated via rigorous simulation of a real system with a comprehensive physics‐based model. The simulation was conducted with the Integrated Hydrology Model (InHM); the system is the Tarrawarra catchment located in southeastern Australia. Parameterization of the Tarrawarra boundary‐value problem was based on the best available information, which, for example includes rainfall, discharge, and soil‐water content data for the last six months of 1996. The InHM‐simulated near‐surface hydrologic response for the Tarrawarra boundary‐value problem compares well (albeit not perfectly) with both the integrated and distributed observations from the catchment. The Tarrawarra‐like hypothetical reality of wet season hydrologic response generated in this study is rich enough to be employed as an error‐free synthetic dataset for quantitatively evaluating the capabilities/limitations of competing (underlying) modelling techniques. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.