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Daily streamflow performance benchmark defined by D-score (v0.1) for the National Water Model Retrospective (v2.1) at benchmark streamflow locations

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1983-10-01
End Date
2016-12-31

Citation

Hodson, T.O., Foks, S.S., Dugger, A.L., Dunne, K.A., Miles, K.A., Over, T.M., Penn, C.A., Saxe, S.W., Simeone, C.E., Towler, E., and Viger, R.J., 2022, Daily streamflow performance benchmark defined by D-score (v0.1) for the National Water Model (v2.1) at benchmark streamflow locations: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MJDNRL.

Summary

This data release contains the D-score (version 0.1) daily streamflow performance benchmark results for the National Water Model (NWM) Retrospective version 2.1 computed at streamgage benchmark locations (version 1) as defined by Foks and others (2022). Model error was determined by evaluating predicted daily mean streamflow (aggregated from an hourly timestep) versus observed daily mean streamflow. Using those errors, the D-score performance benchmark computes the mean squared logarithmic error (MSLE), then decomposes the overall MSLE into orthogonal components such as bias, distribution, and sequence (Hodson and others, 2021). For easier interpretation, the MSLE components can be passed through a scoring function as described in [...]

Contacts

Originator :
Timothy O. Hodson, Sydney S. Foks, Krista A. Dunne, Katherine J. Miles, Thomas M. Over, Colin A. Penn, Samuel W. Saxe, Caelan E. Simeone, Erin Towler, Roland J. Viger, Aubrey L. Dugger
Point of Contact :
Timothy O Hodson
Metadata Contact :
Timothy O Hodson
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Central Midwest Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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streamflow_nwm_v2.1-dscore_v0.1-benchmark_v1-metadata.xml
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streamflow_nwm_v2.1-dscore_v0.1-benchmark_v1.csv 1.55 MB text/csv

Purpose

These data were created to benchmark hydrologic model performance based on daily streamflow for the U.S. Geological Survey Hydro-Terrestrial Earth System Testbed (HyTEST) Project within the Integrated Water Prediction (IWP) program.

Rights

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

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  • Hydro-Terrestrial Earth System Testbed (HyTEST)
  • Regional IWAAs – Integrated Methods for Base Evaluation Project
  • USGS Data Release Products

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Provenance

Source data include daily mean streamflow observations from the National Water Information System (NWIS) database and runoff predictions from the National Water Model version 2.1 retrospective simulation (https://registry.opendata.aws/nwm-archive/) that were aggregated from an hourly timestep into daily mean values. Daily streamflow errors were calculated by comparing predicted and observed mean daily flow.

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