HESS Opinions "Crash tests for a standardized evaluation of hydrological models"

As all hydrological models are intrinsically limited hypotheses on the behaviour of catchments, models - which attempt to represent real-world behaviour - will always remain imperfect. To make progress on the long road towards improved models, we need demanding tests, i.e. true crash tests. Efficien...

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Published in:Hydrology and earth system sciences 2009-10, Vol.13 (10), p.1757-1764
Main Authors: Andréassian, V., Perrin, C., Berthet, L., Le Moine, N., Lerat, J., Loumagne, C., Oudin, L., Mathevet, T., Ramos, M.-H., Valéry, A.
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Language:English
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Summary:As all hydrological models are intrinsically limited hypotheses on the behaviour of catchments, models - which attempt to represent real-world behaviour - will always remain imperfect. To make progress on the long road towards improved models, we need demanding tests, i.e. true crash tests. Efficient testing requires large and varied data sets to develop and assess hydrological models, to ensure their generality, to diagnose their failures, and ultimately, help improving them.
ISSN:1607-7938
1027-5606
1607-7938
DOI:10.5194/hess-13-1757-2009