Selecting model formulations and parameterizations: Reducing the need for calibration using open data and landscape characteristics

The need for calibration of conceptual hydrological models on river discharge is still large, and the scope of this research is to reduce this need based on new parameter estimation techniques, additional information sources and hydrological understanding. In a first step, a regularized model and an adjusted regularized model with sub-grid...

Added value of distribution in rainfall-runoff models for the Meuse basin

Why do equal precipitation events not lead to equal discharge events across space and time? The easy answer would be because catchments are different, which then leads to the second question: Why do hydrologists often use the same rainfall-runoff model for different catchments? Probably because specifying and distributing hydrological processes...