水流
数据同化
环境科学
蒸散量
降水
水文学(农业)
分水岭
流域
气象学
计算机科学
地理
生态学
地质学
地图学
岩土工程
机器学习
生物
作者
Shihyan Lee,Wenge Chang,D. L. Toll,Joseph Nigro,Angélica L. Gutiérrez-Magness,Ted Engman
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.009
摘要
The accuracy of streamflow predictions in the EPA's BASINS (Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources) decision support tool is affected by the sparse meteorological data contained in BASINS. The North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) data with high spatial and temporal resolutions provide an alternative to the NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)'s station data. This study assessed the improvement of streamflow prediction of the Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN (HSPF) model contained within BASINS using the NLDAS 1/8 degree hourly precipitation and evapotranspiration estimates in seven watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay region. Our results demonstrated consistent improvements of daily streamflow predictions in five of the seven watersheds when NLDAS precipitation and evapotranspiration data was incorporated into BASINS. The improvement of using NLDAS data is significant when the watershed's meteorological station is either far away or not in a similar climatic region. When the station is nearby, using NLDAS data produces similar results. The correlation coefficients of the analyses using NLDAS data were greater than 0.8, the Nash–Sutcliffe (NS) model fit efficiency greater than 0.6, and the error in the water balance was less than 5%. Our analyses also showed that the streamflow improvements were mainly contributed by NLDAS precipitation data and that the improvement from using NLDAS evapotranspiration data was not significant; partially due to the constraints of current BASINS-HSPF settings. However, NLDAS evapotranspiration data did improve the baseflow prediction. This study demonstrates NLDAS data has the potential to improve stream flow predictions, thus aid the water quality assessment in the EPA nonpoint water quality assessment decision tool.
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