Title
Multi-objective fitting of concentration-discharge relationships
Date Issued
01 November 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Andréassian V.
Tallec G.
Mouchel J.M.
Université Paris-Saclay
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Abstract
Concentration–discharge ((Formula presented.)) relationships are widely used to assess the link between hydrological and biogeochemical processes at the catchment scale. (Formula presented.) relationships are mainly calibrated using mono-objective methods to represent, either concentrations or discharge-weighted concentrations (i.e., load). Based on its wide use in hydrological modelling, we test a multi-objective calibration for the (Formula presented.) relationship parameters, using both concentration and load, and compare it to a mono-objective calibration applied on either concentrations or load. This work is carried out on a high-frequency dataset (ORACLE-Orgeval Observatory, France). Our findings show that the multi-objective calibration yield a better representation of (Formula presented.) relationships parameters during the high and low-flow events. The multi-objective calibration can be used for all forms of (Formula presented.) relationships and avoids issues of under-representation of dilution processes characterized by high-discharge, low-concentration periods.
Volume
35
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos Geoquímica, Geofísica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85120076998
Source
Hydrological Processes
ISSN of the container
08856087
Sponsor(s)
The first author acknowledges the Peruvian Scholarship Cienciactiva of CONCYTEC (grant no. 099‐2016‐FONDECYT‐DE) for supporting his PhD study at INRAE and the Sorbonne University. The authors acknowledge the EQUIPEX CRITEX program (grant no. ANR‐11‐EQPX‐0011) for the data availability and thank Dr Charles Perrin and Dr Guillaume Thirel for their helpful review.
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