rainfall-runoff modeling is most important component in the water resource management of river basins. the successful application of a conceptual rainfall-runoff model depends on how well it is calibrated. the degree of difficulty in solving the global optimization method is generally dependent on the dimensionality of the model and certain of the characteristics of object function. the purpose...

The paper addresses the role of the conceptual rainfall-runoff modelling approach in hydrology on a scientific and technological context. From this analysis, suggestions for modelling and further research in this field are proposed. K E Y W O R D S : model development; model use; conceptual rainfall-runoff modelling; epistemology; hydrology.

Hydrological models are the simplified, conceptual and mathematical description of rainfall, runoff, oceans, rivers, groundwater, snow etc. Rainfall-runoff modeling in the broader sense a hydrological, mathematical model gives a detailed account of Rainfall-Runoff relationships of a catchment area or watershed. Conversion of rainfall into runoff takes place in the modelling. There are many meth...

Flood simulation and forecasting in various types of watersheds is a hot issue in hydrology. Conceptual hydrological models have been widely applied to flood forecasting for decades. With the development of economy, modern China faces with severe flood disasters in all types of watersheds include humid, semi-humid semi-arid and arid watersheds. However, conceptual model-based flood forecasting ...

Understanding the variations of streamflow of rivers is an important prerequisite for designing hydraulic structures as well as managing surface water resources in basins. An overview of the impact of climate change on the streamflow in the Hablehroud River, the main river of a semi-arid basin in north-central Iran, is provided. Using the LARS-WG statistical downscaling model, the outputs of Ha...

Rainfall-runoff models sometimes have to deal with hydrological systems for which the water balance cannot be closed without taking into account the relation between surface and groundwater. In this study we intend to clarify in which kind of situations surface hydrologists should worry about these relations. We also conduct a preliminary study about how underground exchanges could be integrate...

Flood estimation can be performed on the basis of event-based simulation or continuous simulation. A model with continuous water balance accounting has the attractive feature that dynamic factors affecting runoff production may be represented explicitly (Lamb 1999). In particular, a conceptual rainfall-runoff model can simulate the changing antecedent moisture conditions that determine the catc...

this study aims to evaluate effects of two downscaling methods; change-factor and statistical downscaling on therunoff of the azam-harat river located at yazd province (with an arid climate) of iran, under the a2 emission scenariofor the period of 2010-2039. for this purpose, cgcm3-ar4 model; a rainfall-runoff conceptual model, ihacres; twodownscaling models, change factor and lars-wg were appl...