Abrahart, Robert J. and Mount, Nick J. and Ngahzaifa, Ab. Ghani and Clifford, Nicholas J. and Dawson, Christian W. (2011) DAMP: A protocol for contextualising goodness-of-fit statistics in sediment-discharge data-driven modelling. Journal of Hydrology, 409 (3-4). pp. 596-611. ISSN 0022-1694. (Published)
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Abstract
The decision sequence which guides the selection of a preferred data-driven modelling solution is usually based solely on statistical assessment of fit to a test dataset, and lacks the incorporation of essential contextual knowledge and understanding included in the evaluation of conventional empirical models. This paper demonstrates how hydrologic insight and knowledge of data quality issues can be better incorporated into the sediment-discharge data-driven model assessment procedure: by the plotting of datasets and modelled relationships; and from an understanding and appreciation of the hydrologic context of the catchment being modelled. DAMP: a four-point protocol for evaluating the hydrologic soundness of data-driven single-input single-output sediment rating curve solutions is presented. The approach is adopted and exemplified in an evaluation of seven explicit sediment-discharge models that are used to predict daily suspended sediment concentration values for a small tropical catchment on the island of Puerto Rico. Four neurocomputing counterparts are compared and contrasted against a set of traditional log–log linear sediment rating curve solutions and a simple linear regression model. The statistical assessment procedure provides one indication of the best model, whilst graphical and hydrologic interpretation of the depicted datasets and models challenge this overly-simplistic interpretation. Traditional log–log sediment rating curves, in terms of soundness and robustness, are found to deliver a superior overall product – irrespective of their poorer global goodness-of-fit statistics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Data-driven model; Modelling protocol; Rating curve; Suspended sediment; Tropical catchment; Hydrologic context |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Faculty/Division: | Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources |
| Depositing User: | Mrs. Neng Sury Sulaiman |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2020 02:14 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2020 02:14 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25742 |
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