Learning to Generate Lumped Hydrological Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09904v2
• Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:33:23 GMT
• Title: Learning to Generate Lumped Hydrological Models
• Authors: Yang Yang and Ting Fong May Chui
• Abstract summary: In this study, a generative model was learned from data from over 3,000 catchments worldwide. The model was then used to derive optimal modeling functions for over 700 different catchments. Overall, this study demonstrates that the hydrological behavior of a catchment can be effectively described using a small number of latent variables.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: A lumped hydrological model structure can be considered a generative model because, given a set of parameter values, it can generate a hydrological modeling function that accurately predicts the behavior of a catchment under external forcing. It is implicitly assumed that a small number of variables (i.e., the model parameters) can sufficiently characterize variations in the behavioral characteristics of different catchments. This study adopts this assumption and uses a deep learning method to learn a generative model of hydrological modeling functions directly from the forcing and runoff data of multiple catchments. The learned generative model uses a small number of latent variables to characterize a catchment's behavior, so that assigning values to these latent variables produces a hydrological modeling function that resembles a real-world catchment. The learned generative model can be used similarly to a lumped model structure, i.e., the optimal hydrological modeling function of a catchment can be derived by estimating optimal parameter values (or latent variables) with a generic calibration algorithm. In this study, a generative model was learned from data from over 3,000 catchments worldwide. The model was then used to derive optimal modeling functions for over 700 different catchments. The resulting modeling functions generally showed a quality that was comparable to or better than 36 types of lumped model structures. Overall, this study demonstrates that the hydrological behavior of a catchment can be effectively described using a small number of latent variables, and that well-fitting hydrologic model functions can be reconstructed from these variables.

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