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HESS Opinions "Crash tests for a standardized evaluation of hydrological models"
1Cemagref, Hydrosystems and Bioprocesses Research Unit, Antony, France
2EDF-LNHE, Chatou, France
3Cemagref, G-EAU Research Unit, Montpellier, France
4Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR Sisyphe, Paris, France
5EDF-DTG, Grenoble, France
6AgroParisTech, Paris, France
*now at: CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
Abstract. As all hydrological models are intrinsically limited hypotheses on the behaviour of catchments, models – which attempt to represent real-world behaviours – will always remain perfectible. To progress on the long road towards improved models, we need demanding tests, i.e. true crash tests. Efficient development and assessment of hydrological models requires demanding tests on large and varied data sets to ensure models' generality, to diagnose their failures and limitations, and ultimately, to improve them.
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Citation: Andréassian, V., Perrin, C., Berthet, L., Le Moine, N., Lerat, J., Loumagne, C., Oudin, L., Mathevet, T., Ramos, M.-H., and Valéry, A.: HESS Opinions "Crash tests for a standardized evaluation of hydrological models", Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 6, 3669-3685, doi:10.5194/hessd-6-3669-2009, 2009. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
