Evaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the Ghare Ghieh River basin, Iran

In recent years, gridded precipitation data derived from satellite rainfall products have become critical data sources for hydrological applications, especially in ungauged basins where rain gauges are sparse or nonexistent. Also, in streamflow simulations, since the existing rainfall–runoff modelli...

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Autores principales: Arman Abdollahipour, Hassan Ahmadi, Babak Aminnejad
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bd23627a34174fbfba0be812b434ab312021-11-09T23:59:26ZEvaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the Ghare Ghieh River basin, Iran2040-22442408-935410.2166/wcc.2020.050https://doaj.org/article/bd23627a34174fbfba0be812b434ab312021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jwcc.iwaponline.com/content/12/7/3018https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2244https://doaj.org/toc/2408-9354In recent years, gridded precipitation data derived from satellite rainfall products have become critical data sources for hydrological applications, especially in ungauged basins where rain gauges are sparse or nonexistent. Also, in streamflow simulations, since the existing rainfall–runoff modelling methods require exogenous input with some assumptions, neural networks can be an efficient solution. In this paper, to simulate daily streamflow on the Ghare Ghieh River basin in northwestern Iran, the Levenberg–Marquardt Neural Network (LMNN) and the Particle Swarm Optimization Neural Network (PSONN) models are proposed. These models are trained and tested with different input patterns from ground-based data for water years of 1988–2008. Then, three satellite-based precipitation datasets, including TRMM-3B42V7, TRMM-3B42RT, and PERSIANN with 0.25° × 0.25° resolutions from 2003 to 2008, are used as inputs for the best-trained models which were selected in the testing step. These products are evaluated before and after calibration in streamflow simulation, and the Geographical Difference Analysis method is used to calibrate them. The results showed that the PSONN model performed better than the LMNN model. Also, in both models, before calibration of satellite precipitation products, TRMM-3B42 showed better performance in streamflow simulation, and after calibration, TRMM-3B42RT performed much better. HIGHLIGHTS Three commonly used satellite rainfall products including TRMM-3B42V7, TRMM-3B42RT, and PERSIANN are hydrologically evaluated, before and after calibration, over the Ghare Ghieh River basin.; The hybrid neural network model named PSONN is proposed for simulation of streamflow and it is compared to the basic ANN model, named LMNN.; In general, the PSONN model performed better than the LMNN model.; In both models, before calibration of satellite precipitation products, TRMM-3B42 showed better performance in streamflow simulation and after calibration using the GDA method, 3B42RT performed much better.; After calibration, in simulation with PSONN and use of TRMM-3B42, 3B42RT, and PERSIANN, the Rbias index decreased by 48, 72, and 73%, respectively.;Arman AbdollahipourHassan AhmadiBabak AminnejadIWA Publishingarticledaily streamflowneural networksatellite rainfall productsimulationthe ghare ghieh river basinEnvironmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENJournal of Water and Climate Change, Vol 12, Iss 7, Pp 3018-3044 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic daily streamflow
neural network
satellite rainfall product
simulation
the ghare ghieh river basin
Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD1-1066
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle daily streamflow
neural network
satellite rainfall product
simulation
the ghare ghieh river basin
Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD1-1066
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Arman Abdollahipour
Hassan Ahmadi
Babak Aminnejad
Evaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the Ghare Ghieh River basin, Iran
description In recent years, gridded precipitation data derived from satellite rainfall products have become critical data sources for hydrological applications, especially in ungauged basins where rain gauges are sparse or nonexistent. Also, in streamflow simulations, since the existing rainfall–runoff modelling methods require exogenous input with some assumptions, neural networks can be an efficient solution. In this paper, to simulate daily streamflow on the Ghare Ghieh River basin in northwestern Iran, the Levenberg–Marquardt Neural Network (LMNN) and the Particle Swarm Optimization Neural Network (PSONN) models are proposed. These models are trained and tested with different input patterns from ground-based data for water years of 1988–2008. Then, three satellite-based precipitation datasets, including TRMM-3B42V7, TRMM-3B42RT, and PERSIANN with 0.25° × 0.25° resolutions from 2003 to 2008, are used as inputs for the best-trained models which were selected in the testing step. These products are evaluated before and after calibration in streamflow simulation, and the Geographical Difference Analysis method is used to calibrate them. The results showed that the PSONN model performed better than the LMNN model. Also, in both models, before calibration of satellite precipitation products, TRMM-3B42 showed better performance in streamflow simulation, and after calibration, TRMM-3B42RT performed much better. HIGHLIGHTS Three commonly used satellite rainfall products including TRMM-3B42V7, TRMM-3B42RT, and PERSIANN are hydrologically evaluated, before and after calibration, over the Ghare Ghieh River basin.; The hybrid neural network model named PSONN is proposed for simulation of streamflow and it is compared to the basic ANN model, named LMNN.; In general, the PSONN model performed better than the LMNN model.; In both models, before calibration of satellite precipitation products, TRMM-3B42 showed better performance in streamflow simulation and after calibration using the GDA method, 3B42RT performed much better.; After calibration, in simulation with PSONN and use of TRMM-3B42, 3B42RT, and PERSIANN, the Rbias index decreased by 48, 72, and 73%, respectively.;
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author Arman Abdollahipour
Hassan Ahmadi
Babak Aminnejad
author_facet Arman Abdollahipour
Hassan Ahmadi
Babak Aminnejad
author_sort Arman Abdollahipour
title Evaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the Ghare Ghieh River basin, Iran
title_short Evaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the Ghare Ghieh River basin, Iran
title_full Evaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the Ghare Ghieh River basin, Iran
title_fullStr Evaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the Ghare Ghieh River basin, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the Ghare Ghieh River basin, Iran
title_sort evaluating the hydrological utility of satellite-based rainfall products using neural network models over the ghare ghieh river basin, iran
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url https://doaj.org/article/bd23627a34174fbfba0be812b434ab31
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