Application of Hierarchy Theory to Cross-Scale Hydrologic Modeling of Nutrient Loads

Autor:	Robert V. O'Neill, Elizabeth R. Smith, Liem Tran, Carol P. Harden, Randall Bruins
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Structure (mathematical logic) Hydrology Environmental evaluation Hydrogeology Hierarchy theory Computer science Hydrological modelling Cross scale Civil engineering Water Science and Technology Civil and Structural Engineering
Zdroj:	Water Resources Management. 27:1601-1617
ISSN:	1573-1650 0920-4741
DOI:	10.1007/s11269-013-0260-0
Popis:	We describe a framework called Regional Hydrologic Modeling for Environmental Evaluation (RHyME2) for hydrologic modeling across scales. Rooted from hierarchy theory, RHyME2 acknowledges the rate-based hierarchical structure of hydrological systems. Operationally, hierarchical constraints are accounted for and explicitly described in models put together into RHyME2. We illustrate RHyME2with a two-module model to quantify annual nutrient loads in stream networks and watersheds at regional and subregional levels. High values of R2 (>0.95) and the Nash–Sutcliffe model efficiency coefficient (>0.85) and a systematic connection between the two modules show that the hierarchy theory-based RHyME2 framework can be used effectively for developing and connecting hydrologic models to analyze the dynamics of hydrologic systems.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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