Simulation of extreme rainfall and streamflow events in  small Mediterranean watersheds with a one-way-coupled atmospheric–hydrologic modelling system

Camera, Corrado; Bruggeman, Adriana; Zittis, George; Sofokleous, Ioannis; Arnault, Joël

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2791-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 10

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 2791–2810, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2791-2020

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Special issue: Integrated assessment of climate change impacts at selected...

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 2791–2810, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2791-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 10

Research article 23 Oct 2020

Research article | 23 Oct 2020

Simulation of extreme rainfall and streamflow events in small Mediterranean watersheds with a one-way-coupled atmospheric–hydrologic modelling system

Corrado Camera et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2791-2020-supplement

Data sets

WRF-Hydro simulated hydrographs for Jan-1989 and Nov-1994 extreme events (Cyprus) Camera, C., Bruggeman, A., Zittis, G., Sofokleous, I., Arnault, J. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3952420

Short summary

Can numerical models simulate intense rainfall events and consequent streamflow in a mountainous area with small watersheds well? We applied state-of-the-art one-way-coupled atmospheric–hydrologic models and we found that, despite rainfall events simulated with low errors, large discrepancies between the observed and simulated streamflow were observed. Shifts in time and space of the modelled rainfall peak are the main reason. Still, the models can be applied for climate change impact studies.