DRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance

<p>Dryland regions are characterised by water scarcity and are facing major challenges under climate change. One difficulty is anticipating how rainfall will be partitioned into evaporative losses, groundwater, soil moisture, and runoff (the water balance) in the future, which has important im...

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Autores principales:	E. A. Quichimbo, M. B. Singer, K. Michaelides, D. E. J. Hobley, R. Rosolem, M. O. Cuthbert
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Publicado:	Copernicus Publications 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:275c3fcd2afe4caeb2da83b3880f4a192021-11-15T08:42:10ZDRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance10.5194/gmd-14-6893-20211991-959X1991-9603https://doaj.org/article/275c3fcd2afe4caeb2da83b3880f4a192021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/14/6893/2021/gmd-14-6893-2021.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1991-959Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1991-9603<p>Dryland regions are characterised by water scarcity and are facing major challenges under climate change. One difficulty is anticipating how rainfall will be partitioned into evaporative losses, groundwater, soil moisture, and runoff (the water balance) in the future, which has important implications for water resources and dryland ecosystems. However, in order to effectively estimate the water balance, hydrological models in drylands need to capture the key processes at the appropriate spatio-temporal scales. These include spatially restricted and temporally brief rainfall, high evaporation rates, transmission losses, and focused groundwater recharge. Lack of available input and evaluation data and the high computational costs of explicit representation of ephemeral surface–groundwater interactions restrict the usefulness of most hydrological models in these environments. Therefore, here we have developed a parsimonious distributed hydrological model for DRYland Partitioning (DRYP). The DRYP model incorporates the key processes of water partitioning in dryland regions with limited data requirements, and we tested it in the data-rich Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed against measurements of streamflow, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration. Overall, DRYP showed skill in quantifying the main components of the dryland water balance including monthly observations of streamflow (Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency, NSE, <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 0.7), evapotranspiration (NSE <span class="inline-formula"><i>></i></span> 0.6), and soil moisture (NSE <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 0.7). The model showed that evapotranspiration consumes <span class="inline-formula"><i>></i></span> 90 % of the total precipitation input to the catchment and that <span class="inline-formula"><i><</i></span> 1 % leaves the catchment as streamflow. Greater than 90 % of the overland flow generated in the catchment is lost through ephemeral channels as transmission losses. However, only <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 35 % of the total transmission losses percolate to the groundwater aquifer as focused groundwater recharge, whereas the rest is lost to the atmosphere as riparian evapotranspiration. Overall, DRYP is a modular, versatile, and parsimonious Python-based model which can be used to anticipate and plan for climatic and anthropogenic changes to water fluxes and storage in dryland regions.</p>E. A. QuichimboM. B. SingerM. B. SingerM. B. SingerK. MichaelidesK. MichaelidesK. MichaelidesD. E. J. HobleyD. E. J. HobleyR. RosolemR. RosolemM. O. CuthbertM. O. CuthbertM. O. CuthbertCopernicus PublicationsarticleGeologyQE1-996.5ENGeoscientific Model Development, Vol 14, Pp 6893-6917 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Geology QE1-996.5 E. A. Quichimbo M. B. Singer M. B. Singer M. B. Singer K. Michaelides K. Michaelides K. Michaelides D. E. J. Hobley D. E. J. Hobley R. Rosolem R. Rosolem M. O. Cuthbert M. O. Cuthbert M. O. Cuthbert DRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance
description	<p>Dryland regions are characterised by water scarcity and are facing major challenges under climate change. One difficulty is anticipating how rainfall will be partitioned into evaporative losses, groundwater, soil moisture, and runoff (the water balance) in the future, which has important implications for water resources and dryland ecosystems. However, in order to effectively estimate the water balance, hydrological models in drylands need to capture the key processes at the appropriate spatio-temporal scales. These include spatially restricted and temporally brief rainfall, high evaporation rates, transmission losses, and focused groundwater recharge. Lack of available input and evaluation data and the high computational costs of explicit representation of ephemeral surface–groundwater interactions restrict the usefulness of most hydrological models in these environments. Therefore, here we have developed a parsimonious distributed hydrological model for DRYland Partitioning (DRYP). The DRYP model incorporates the key processes of water partitioning in dryland regions with limited data requirements, and we tested it in the data-rich Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed against measurements of streamflow, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration. Overall, DRYP showed skill in quantifying the main components of the dryland water balance including monthly observations of streamflow (Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency, NSE, <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 0.7), evapotranspiration (NSE <span class="inline-formula"><i>></i></span> 0.6), and soil moisture (NSE <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 0.7). The model showed that evapotranspiration consumes <span class="inline-formula"><i>></i></span> 90 % of the total precipitation input to the catchment and that <span class="inline-formula"><i><</i></span> 1 % leaves the catchment as streamflow. Greater than 90 % of the overland flow generated in the catchment is lost through ephemeral channels as transmission losses. However, only <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 35 % of the total transmission losses percolate to the groundwater aquifer as focused groundwater recharge, whereas the rest is lost to the atmosphere as riparian evapotranspiration. Overall, DRYP is a modular, versatile, and parsimonious Python-based model which can be used to anticipate and plan for climatic and anthropogenic changes to water fluxes and storage in dryland regions.</p>
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author	E. A. Quichimbo M. B. Singer M. B. Singer M. B. Singer K. Michaelides K. Michaelides K. Michaelides D. E. J. Hobley D. E. J. Hobley R. Rosolem R. Rosolem M. O. Cuthbert M. O. Cuthbert M. O. Cuthbert
author_facet	E. A. Quichimbo M. B. Singer M. B. Singer M. B. Singer K. Michaelides K. Michaelides K. Michaelides D. E. J. Hobley D. E. J. Hobley R. Rosolem R. Rosolem M. O. Cuthbert M. O. Cuthbert M. O. Cuthbert
author_sort	E. A. Quichimbo
title	DRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance
title_short	DRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance
title_full	DRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance
title_fullStr	DRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance
title_full_unstemmed	DRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance
title_sort	dryp 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of dryland partitioning of the water balance
publisher	Copernicus Publications
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/275c3fcd2afe4caeb2da83b3880f4a19
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DRYP 1.0: a parsimonious hydrological model of DRYland Partitioning of the water balance

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