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Evaluation of Global Water Resources Reanalysis Runoff Products for Local Water Resources Applications: Case Study-Upper Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia

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  • Haileyesus Belay Lakew

    (Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology)

  • Semu Ayalew Moges

    (Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology
    University of Connecticut)

  • Emmanouil N. Anagnostou

    (University of Connecticut)

  • Efthymios I. Nikolopoulos

    (University of Connecticut)

  • Dereje Hailu Asfaw

    (Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The increasing availability of global observation datasets, both from in situ and remote sensors, and advancements in earth system models and data assimilation algorithms have generated a number of water resources reanalysis products that are available at global scale and high spatial and temporal resolutions. These products hold great potential for water resources applications, but their levels of uncertainty need to be evaluated at local scale. In this work, we evaluate the runoff product from two multi-model global water resources reanalyses (WRRs), available at 0.5° (WRR1) and 0.25° (WRR2) grid resolutions, which were produced within the framework of a European Union project (eartH2Observe) in the upper Blue Nile basin. Analysis indicates that the recently released WRR2 UniK product exhibits consistently better performance statistics than the earlier coarser-resolution WRR1 and the rest of the WRR2 products at all ranges of temporal and spatial scale evaluated. Streamflow simulations based on gauged rainfall forcing and the locally set hydrological model CREST outperforms all the other products, including UniK. Global hydrological products can be a data source for various water resources planning and management applications in data-scarce areas of Africa. This study cautions against using available global hydrological products without prior uncertainty evaluation.

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  • Haileyesus Belay Lakew & Semu Ayalew Moges & Emmanouil N. Anagnostou & Efthymios I. Nikolopoulos & Dereje Hailu Asfaw, 2020. "Evaluation of Global Water Resources Reanalysis Runoff Products for Local Water Resources Applications: Case Study-Upper Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 34(7), pages 2157-2177, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:34:y:2020:i:7:d:10.1007_s11269-019-2190-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11269-019-2190-y
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    1. Victoria M. Garibay & Margaret W. Gitau & Nicholas Kiggundu & Daniel Moriasi & Fulgence Mishili, 2021. "Evaluation of Reanalysis Precipitation Data and Potential Bias Correction Methods for Use in Data-Scarce Areas," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 35(5), pages 1587-1602, March.
    2. Dwayne Woods, 2023. "The Sponge Cake Dilemma over the Nile: Achieving Fairness in Resource Allocation through Rawlsian Theory and Algorithms," Papers 2310.11472, arXiv.org.
    3. Victoria M. Garibay & Margaret W. Gitau & Victor Kongo & James Kisekka & Daniel Moriasi, 2022. "Comparative Evaluation of Water Resource Data Policy Inventories Towards the Improvement of East African Climate and Water Data Infrastructure," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 36(11), pages 4019-4038, September.

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