Diagnostic Evaluation of Large-domain Hydrologic Models calibrated across the Contiguous United States

Data repository for: Rakovec, O., Mizukami, N., Kumar, R., Newman, A., Thober, S., Wood, A. W., et al. ( 2019). Diagnostic evaluation of large‐domain hydrologic models calibrated across the contiguous United States. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2019; 124: 13991–14007. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030767

If you use this dataset in scientific publication, the aforementioned publication needs to be acknowledged.

rakovec_JGRA_2019.tar.gz refers to the mHM model simulations

Mizukami_etal_2017_WRR_results.calib.basin.tar.gz refers to a dataset published earlier in Mizukami et al. (2017, doi: 10.1002/2017WR020401)

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## BASIN-WISE DISCHARGE SIMULATIONS:

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(1) VIC model: CONUS-wide runs based on the Mizukami et al. 2017 WRR paper

stored under: Mizukami_etal_2017_WRR_results.calib.basin.tar.gz

meaning, 1 parameter set applied across all basins.

• Calibration period: ./$BASIN_ID/output/hcdn_calib_case04_rgn0.txt
• Validation period: ./$BASIN_ID/output/hcdn_vali_case04_rgn0.txt

Note the time stamp is missing in the VIC files, and should be following for

• calibration period: init_date="1999-10-01"
• validation periods: init_date="1989-10-01"

Finally, headers are missing for the VIC files, should be:

• qsim is first column
• qobs is second column

(2) VIC model: onsite calibrations 

stored under: Mizukami_etal_2017_WRR_results.calib.basin.tar.gz

meaning, each basin has different parameter set 

• Calibration period: ./$BASIN_ID/output/hcdn_calib_case04.txt
• Validation period: ./$BASIN_ID/output/hcdn_vali_case04.txt

(3) mHM model: CONUS-wide runs based on Rakovec et al. 2019 JGR-A

stored under: rakovec_JGRA_2019.tar.gz

meaning, 1 parameter set applied across all basins.

• Calibration period: ./mHM_basins/$BASIN_ID/calib_001/output_calibMB_eval/daily_discharge.out
• Validation period: ./mHM_basins/$BASIN_ID/calib_001/output_validMB_eval/daily_discharge.out

(4) mHM model: onsite calibrations 

stored under: rakovec_JGRA_2019.tar.gz

meaning, each basin has different parameter set 

• Calibration period: ./mHM_basins/$BASIN_ID/calib_001/output/daily_discharge.out
• Validation period: ./mHM_basins/$BASIN_ID/calib_001/output_valid/daily_discharge.out

(5) mHM model: default parameter set from EU/Germany

stored under: rakovec_JGRA_2019.tar.gz

the prior parameter set taken from the develop git branch of mhm

Note that the calibration and validation periods are in one file:

• ./mHM_basins/$BASIN_ID/def_000/output/daily_discharge.out 

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## CONUS-WISE FLUXES,STATES,PARAMETERS

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(1) mHM model: CONUS-wide runs based on Rakovec et al. 2019 JGR-A

stored under: rakovec_JGRA_2019.tar.gz

• Fluxes/states: mHM_entire_domain/calib_001/output/mHM_Fluxes_States.nc (monthly time step: 1950-2010)
• Model parameters (from the restart file): mHM_entire_domain/calib_001/output/mHM_restart_001.nc