Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in China

<p>Accurate flood event simulation and prediction, enabled by effective models and reliable data, are critical for mitigating the potential risk of flood disaster. This study aims to investigate the impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation in a large-sca...

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Main Authors: Q. Zhu, X. Qin, D. Zhou, T. Yang, X. Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2024-04-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1665/2024/hess-28-1665-2024.pdf
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X. Qin
D. Zhou
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X. Song
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description <p>Accurate flood event simulation and prediction, enabled by effective models and reliable data, are critical for mitigating the potential risk of flood disaster. This study aims to investigate the impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation in a large-scale catchment of China. We use high-spatiotemporal-resolution Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) products and a gauge-based product as precipitation forcing for hydrologic simulation. Three hydrological models (HBV, SWAT and DHSVM) and a data-driven model (long short-term memory (LSTM) network) are utilized for flood event simulation. Two calibration strategies are carried out, one of which targets matching of the flood events, with peak discharge exceeding 8600 m<span class="inline-formula"><sup>3</sup></span> s<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span> between January 2015 and December 2017, and the other one is the conventional strategy for matching the entire streamflow time series. The results indicate that the event-based calibration strategy improves the performance of flood event simulation compared with a conventional calibration strategy, except for DHSVM. Both hydrological models and LSTM yield better flood event simulation at a finer temporal resolution, especially in flood peak simulation. Furthermore, SWAT and DHSVM are less sensitive to the spatial resolutions of IMERG, while the performance of LSTM obtains improvement when degrading the spatial resolution of IMERG-L. Generally, LSTM outperforms the hydrological models in most flood events, which implies the usefulness of the deep learning algorithms for flood event simulation.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-2efad6c702464506b927c7941b1ed2bf2024-04-11T13:04:17ZengCopernicus PublicationsHydrology and Earth System Sciences1027-56061607-79382024-04-01281665168610.5194/hess-28-1665-2024Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in ChinaQ. Zhu0X. Qin1D. Zhou2T. Yang3X. Song4School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USASchool of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China<p>Accurate flood event simulation and prediction, enabled by effective models and reliable data, are critical for mitigating the potential risk of flood disaster. This study aims to investigate the impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation in a large-scale catchment of China. We use high-spatiotemporal-resolution Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) products and a gauge-based product as precipitation forcing for hydrologic simulation. Three hydrological models (HBV, SWAT and DHSVM) and a data-driven model (long short-term memory (LSTM) network) are utilized for flood event simulation. Two calibration strategies are carried out, one of which targets matching of the flood events, with peak discharge exceeding 8600 m<span class="inline-formula"><sup>3</sup></span> s<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span> between January 2015 and December 2017, and the other one is the conventional strategy for matching the entire streamflow time series. The results indicate that the event-based calibration strategy improves the performance of flood event simulation compared with a conventional calibration strategy, except for DHSVM. Both hydrological models and LSTM yield better flood event simulation at a finer temporal resolution, especially in flood peak simulation. Furthermore, SWAT and DHSVM are less sensitive to the spatial resolutions of IMERG, while the performance of LSTM obtains improvement when degrading the spatial resolution of IMERG-L. Generally, LSTM outperforms the hydrological models in most flood events, which implies the usefulness of the deep learning algorithms for flood event simulation.</p>https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1665/2024/hess-28-1665-2024.pdf
spellingShingle Q. Zhu
X. Qin
D. Zhou
T. Yang
X. Song
Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in China
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
title Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in China
title_full Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in China
title_fullStr Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in China
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in China
title_short Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in China
title_sort impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures a case study over the xiang river basin in china
url https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1665/2024/hess-28-1665-2024.pdf
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