Quantifying the potential of AQPI gap-filling radar network for streamflow simulation through a WRF-Hydro experiment

Author:

Ma Yingzhao1,Chandrasekar V.1,Chen Haonan1,Cifelli Robert2

Affiliation:

1. 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA

2. 2 NOAA/Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA

Abstract

AbstractIt remains a challenge to provide accurate and timely flood warnings in many parts of the western United States. As part of the Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information (AQPI) project, this study explores the potential of using the AQPI gap-filling radar network for streamflow simulation of selected storm events in the San Francisco Bay Area under a WRF-Hydro modeling system. Two types of watersheds including natural and human-affected among the most flood-prone region of the Bay Area are investigated. Based on the high-resolution AQPI X-band radar rainfall estimates, three basic routing configurations, including Grid, Reach, and National Water Model (NWM), are used to quantify the impact of different model physics options on the simulated streamflow. It is found that the NWM performs better in terms of reproducing streamflow volumes and hydrograph shapes than the other routing configurations when reservoirs exist in the watershed. Additionally, the AQPI X-band radar rainfall estimates (without gauge correction) provide reasonable streamflow simulations, and they show better performance in reproducing the hydrograph peaks compared with the gauge-corrected rainfall estimates based on the operational S-band Next Generation Weather Radar network. Also, sensitivity test reveals that surficial conditions have a significant influence on the streamflow simulation during the storm: the discharge increases to a higher level as the infiltration factor (REFKDT) decreases, and its peak goes down and lags as surface roughness coefficient (Mann) increases. The time delay analysis of precipitation input on the streamflow at the two outfalls of the surveyed watersheds further demonstrates the link between AQPI gap-filling radar observations and streamflow changes in this urban region.

Publisher

American Meteorological Society

Subject

Atmospheric Science

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