Title
PISCO_HyM_GR2M: A model of monthly water balance in Peru (1981–2020)
Date Issued
02 April 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
Quantification of the surface water offer is crucial for its management. In Peru, the low spatial density of hydrometric stations makes this task challenging. This work aims to evaluate the hydrological performance of a monthly water balance model in Peru using precipitation and evapotranspiration data from the high-resolution meteorological PISCO dataset, which has been developed by the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology of Peru (SENAMHI). A regional-ization approach based on Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Testing (FAST) of the rainfall-runoff (RR) and runoff variability (RV) indices defined 14 calibration regions nationwide. Next, the GR2M model was used at a semi-distributed scale in 3594 sub-basins and river streams to simulate monthly discharges from January 1981 to March 2020. Model performance was evaluated using the Kling–Gupta efficiency (KGE), square root transferred Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSEsqrt ), and water balance error (WBE) metrics. The results show a very well representation of monthly discharges for a large portion of Peruvian sub-basins (KGE ≥ 0.75, NSEsqrt ≥ 0.65, and −0.29 < WBE < 0.23). Finally, this study introduces a product of continuous monthly discharge rates in Peru, named PISCO_HyM_GR2M, to understand surface water balance in data-scarce sub-basins.
Volume
13
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85104678514
Source
Water (Switzerland)
ISSN of the container
20734441
Sponsor(s)
Acknowledgments: The authors extend their appreciation to the anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments and valuable advice. A special acknowledgment to the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) team for supporting PISCO data distribution publicly. P. Rau acknowledges supports from the Newton Paulet fund (NERC-CONCYTEC) through the RAHU project (005-2019-FONDECYT). Funding: This research was funding by Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France, through the HYBAM program.
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú