Summary of studies used in the comparative assessments - Runoff Prediction in Ungauged Basins: Synthesis across Processes, Places and Scales - page 392

Table A5.2. Summary of studies used in the comparative assessment of mean annual runoff inter-annual variability estimation

Error
(RMSE
in mm/
yr)

Climate zone
(Köppen classes)

PA (mm/
yr)

Elevation
(m a.s.l.)

No. of
catchments

Period/No.
of years

Regionalisation
method

Predicted
variable

Performance
(r 2 )

Used
in L1

Area (km 2 ) Study Region q A (mm/yr)

4 - 464·10 4

McMahon et al.
( 2011 )

Global Global 72 - 3566 3 - 3126 699 10 to 172 yrs IM CV qA 0.52 - 0.57 65 - 1223 X

712 - 2450 0.23 - 0.64 Komatsu et al.

( 2011 )

Japan, New
Zealand,
USA

Humid (Cfa, Cfb) 82 R(P A ) CV qA X

4 - 464·10 4

Peel et al. ( 2010 ,
2004b)

Global Global 72 - 3566 3 - 3126 699 10 to 172 yrs R(CV PA , E pA , φ )CV qA 0.17 - 0.68 X

Zhang et al.( 2008a ) Australia Humid (Cfa, Cfb, Csa,

Csb, BSk, Aw)

50 - 2000 282 - 2886 265 IM CV qA 0.87 X

Yang et al.( 2007 ) China Cold (E, Dwc, Bsk) 272 - 94 800 150 - 750 108 1951 - 2000 IM CV qA 0.68 X

McMahon et al.
( 2007b )

Global Global 115 - 65 200 1221 15 to 58 yrs R(A) CV QA 0.94 X

Bren et al.( 2006 ) Southern

Australia,
South
Africa

Humid (Cfa, Cfb) 0.1 - 3.2 737 - 1400 8 8 to 35 yrs R(P A , plant age) CV qA 54 - 96 X

Sankarasubramanian
and Vogel ( 2002 )

Continental
USA

Global (Cfa, Dfa, Dfb,
Bsk, Bsw, Csa,
Csb, Dfc)

458 min 10 yrs R( φ , soils) CV qA /CV PA 0.85 X

Vogel et al.( 1997 ) North-

eastern
USA

Cold (Dfb, Dfc) 5 - 18 130 166/166 1951 - 80 R(P A , T A , A,

relief)

CV QA 0.98 X

R(pred1, pred2, … ): regression method with predictors pred1, pred2, …
IM: index method
No. of catchments (calibration/validation)
CV QA : inter-annual variability of the mean annual runoff
CV qA : inter-annual variability of the specific mean annual runoff
CV qA /CV PA : ratio between inter-annual variability of specific mean annual runoff and mean annual precipitation