Three complementary methods for sensitivity analysis of a water quality model
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Sun, Xiaoying; Newham, Lachlan; Croke, Barry; Norton, John
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In this paper, sensitivity analysis (SA) has been used to assess model sensitivities to input parameter values in a water quality model. The water quality model incorporates a rainfall-runoff sub-model and a sediment load estimation sub-model, and is calibrated against hydrologic and water quality data from the Moruya River catchment in southeast Australia. The tested methods, One-at-A-Time (OAT), Morris Method (MM) and Regional SA (RSA) are found to be complementary, and help to characterise...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Sun, Xiaoying | |
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dc.contributor.author | Newham, Lachlan | |
dc.contributor.author | Croke, Barry | |
dc.contributor.author | Norton, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T23:04:27Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1364-8152 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/62384 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, sensitivity analysis (SA) has been used to assess model sensitivities to input parameter values in a water quality model. The water quality model incorporates a rainfall-runoff sub-model and a sediment load estimation sub-model, and is calibrated against hydrologic and water quality data from the Moruya River catchment in southeast Australia. The tested methods, One-at-A-Time (OAT), Morris Method (MM) and Regional SA (RSA) are found to be complementary, and help to characterise the behaviour of the water quality model. The most important parameters are plant stress threshold (f), coefficient of evapotranspiration (e), catchment moisture threshold (d), in decreasing order, indicating that sediment and nutrient loads are more sensitive to parameters that affect the magnitude of flows than those (v s, τ q, τ s) that control the timing and shape of the peak in a time series. But this application shows a need to be flexible in the use of different SA techniques. RSA is more appropriate for complex models where system nonlinearities and parameter interactions are more likely to be important. The RSA suggests that f and v s have strong interactions in the influence on nitrogen estimation. This study is also valuable for future uncertainty analysis, by separating the source of uncertainty of model parameters from the uncertainty in the model inputs. | |
dc.publisher | Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd | |
dc.source | Environmental Modelling and Software | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Complementary methods; Complex model; Hydrological modelling; Input parameter; Model inputs; Model parameters; Model sensitivity; MONTE CARLO; Morris method; Nutrient loads; One-at-A-Time; Parameter interactions; Plant stress; Rainfall runoff; River catch Hydrological modelling; Monte Carlo; Morris Method; One-at-A-Time; Regional sensitivity analysis; Water quality | |
dc.title | Three complementary methods for sensitivity analysis of a water quality model | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 37 | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040608 - Surfacewater Hydrology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 050209 - Natural Resource Management | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | f5625xPUB694 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Sun, Xiaoying, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Newham, Lachlan, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Croke, Barry, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Norton, John, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 19 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 29 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.04.010 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 960608 - Rural Water Evaluation (incl. Water Quality) | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T09:32:03Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84861211581 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000306041500003 | |
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