A decomposition approach to evaluating the local performance of global streamflow reanalysis

Abstract While global streamflow reanalysis has been evaluated at different spatial scales to facilitate practical applications, its local performance in the time–frequency domain is yet to be investigated. This paper presents a novel decomposition approach to evaluating streamflow reanalysis by combining wavelet transform with machine learning. Specifically, the time series of streamflow reanalysis and observation are respectively decomposed and then the approximation components of reanalysis are evaluated against those of observed streamflow. Furthermore, the accumulated local effects are derived to showcase the influences of catchment attributes on the performance of streamflow reanalysis at different scales. For streamflow reanalysis generated by the Global Flood Awareness System, a case study is devised based on streamflow observations from the Catchment Attributes and Meteorology for Large-sample Studies. The results highlight that the reanalysis tends to be more effective in characterizing seasonal, annual and multi-annual features than daily, weekly and monthly features. The Kling–Gupta efficiency (KGE) values of original time series and approximation components are primarily influenced by precipitation seasonality. High values of KGE tend to be observed in catchments where there is more precipitation in winter, which can be due to low evaporation that results in reasonable simulations of soil moisture and baseflow processes. The longitude, mean precipitation and mean slope also influence the local performance of approximation components. On the other hand, attributes on geology, soils and vegetation appear to play a relatively small part in the performance of approximation components. Overall, this paper provides useful information for practical applications of global streamflow reanalysis.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
A decomposition approach to evaluating the local performance of global streamflow reanalysis ; volume:28 ; number:15 ; year:2024 ; pages:3597-3611 ; extent:15
Hydrology and earth system sciences ; 28, Heft 15 (2024), 3597-3611 (gesamt 15)

Creator
Zhao, Tongtiegang
Chen, Zexin
Tian, Yu
Zhang, Bingyao
Li, Yu
Chen, Xiaohong

DOI
10.5194/hess-28-3597-2024
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408150440006.566038097052
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Zhao, Tongtiegang
  • Chen, Zexin
  • Tian, Yu
  • Zhang, Bingyao
  • Li, Yu
  • Chen, Xiaohong

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