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Evaluation of a new observationally based channel parameterization for the National Water Model

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العنوان: Evaluation of a new observationally based channel parameterization for the National Water Model
المؤلفون: A. Heldmyer, B. Livneh, J. McCreight, L. Read, J. Kasprzyk, T. Minear
المصدر: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol 26, Pp 6121-6136 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Copernicus Publications, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Technology
LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
LCC:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
LCC:Environmental sciences
مصطلحات موضوعية: Technology, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066, Geography. Anthropology. Recreation, Environmental sciences, GE1-350
الوصف: Accurate representation of channel properties is important for forecasting in hydrologic models, as it affects the height, celerity, and attenuation of flood waves. Yet, considerable uncertainty in the parameterization of channel geometry and hydraulic roughness (Manning's n) exists within the NOAA National Water Model (NWM), due largely to data scarcity; only ∼2800 out of the 2.7×106 river reach segments in the NWM have measured channel properties. In this study, we seek to improve channel representativeness by updating channel geometry and roughness parameters using a large, previously unpublished hydraulic geometry (HyG) dataset of approximately 48 000 gauges. We begin with a Sobol' sensitivity analysis of channel geometry parameters for 12 small, semi-natural basins across the continental U.S., which reveals an outsized sensitivity of simulated flow to Manning's n relative to channel geometry parameters. We then develop and evaluate a set of regression-based regionalizations of channel parameters estimated using the HyG dataset. Finally, we compare the model output generated from updated channel parameter sets to observations and the current NWM v2.1 parameterization. We find that while the NWM land surface model holds the most influence over flow, given its control over total volume, the updated channel parameterization leads to improvements in simulated streamflow performance relative to observed flows, with a statistically significant mean R2 increase from 0.479 to 0.494 across approximately 7400 gauge locations. HyG-based channel geometry and roughness provide a substantial overall improvement in channel representation over the default parameterization, updating the previous set value for most reaches of Manning's n=0.060 to a new range between 0.006 and 0.537 (median 0.077). This research provides a more representative, observationally based channel parameter dataset for the NWM routing module and new insight into the influence of the routing module within the overall modeling framework.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1027-5606
1607-7938
Relation: https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/26/6121/2022/hess-26-6121-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1027-5606; https://doaj.org/toc/1607-7938
DOI: 10.5194/hess-26-6121-2022
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/de002264d2d54a4396a97a7a61eb7ce0
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.002264d2d54a4396a97a7a61eb7ce0
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:10275606
16077938
DOI:10.5194/hess-26-6121-2022