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Spatio-temporal rainfall variability and its impacts on the hydrological response of nature-based solutions
The high spatio-temporal variability of precipitation makes the hydrological responses of nature-based solutions (NBS) indeterminate. Hence, this study investigated the hydrological responses of a semi-urban catchment and three NBS scenarios concerning different spatio-temporal rainfall data from both C-band radar and X-band radar. Multi-Hydro, the fully-distributed and physically-based hydrological model, is employed to study the spatio-temporal rainfall variability and the resulting hydrological impacts on the NBS scenarios. The scale-independent indicator of maximum probable singularity (γs) within the Universal Multifractals (UM) framework is used to quantify the spatio-temporal variability of rainfall and catchment responses across scales. The main results show that the hydrological performances of the NBS scenarios can be largely underestimated or overestimated because of the spatio-temporal rainfall variability, with a relative error ranging from −91% to 199%, and NBS can effectively reduce surface runoff across scales, which is characterised by a lower γs.
Spatio-temporal rainfall variability and its impacts on the hydrological response of nature-based solutions
The high spatio-temporal variability of precipitation makes the hydrological responses of nature-based solutions (NBS) indeterminate. Hence, this study investigated the hydrological responses of a semi-urban catchment and three NBS scenarios concerning different spatio-temporal rainfall data from both C-band radar and X-band radar. Multi-Hydro, the fully-distributed and physically-based hydrological model, is employed to study the spatio-temporal rainfall variability and the resulting hydrological impacts on the NBS scenarios. The scale-independent indicator of maximum probable singularity (γs) within the Universal Multifractals (UM) framework is used to quantify the spatio-temporal variability of rainfall and catchment responses across scales. The main results show that the hydrological performances of the NBS scenarios can be largely underestimated or overestimated because of the spatio-temporal rainfall variability, with a relative error ranging from −91% to 199%, and NBS can effectively reduce surface runoff across scales, which is characterised by a lower γs.
Spatio-temporal rainfall variability and its impacts on the hydrological response of nature-based solutions
Qiu, Yangzi (author) / Schertzer, Daniel (author) / Tisserand, Bruno (author) / Tchiguirinskaia, Ioulia (author)
Urban Water Journal ; 21 ; 1147-1163
2024-11-25
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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