PERSiST: a flexible rainfall-runoff modelling toolkit for use with the INCA family of models

Futter, M. N., Erlandsson, M. A., Butterfield, D., Whitehead, P. G., Oni, S. K. and Wade, A. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5296-8350 (2014) PERSiST: a flexible rainfall-runoff modelling toolkit for use with the INCA family of models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18 (2). pp. 855-873. ISSN 1027-5606 doi: 10.5194/hess-18-855-2014

Abstract/Summary

Runoff generation processes and pathways vary widely between catchments. Credible simulations of solute and pollutant transport in surface waters are dependent on models which facilitate appropriate, catchment-specific representations of perceptual models of the runoff generation process. Here, we present a flexible, semi-distributed landscape-scale rainfall-runoff modelling toolkit suitable for simulating a broad range of user-specified perceptual models of runoff generation and stream flow occurring in different climatic regions and landscape types. PERSiST (the Precipitation, Evapotranspiration and Runoff Simulator for Solute Transport) is designed for simulating present-day hydrology; projecting possible future effects of climate or land use change on runoff and catchment water storage; and generating hydrologic inputs for the Integrated Catchments (INCA) family of models. PERSiST has limited data requirements and is calibrated using observed time series of precipitation, air temperature and runoff at one or more points in a river network. Here, we apply PERSiST to the river Thames in the UK and describe a Monte Carlo tool for model calibration, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/36229
Identification Number/DOI	10.5194/hess-18-855-2014
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Walker Institute Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Earth Systems Science Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Publisher	Copernicus
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