Large Sample Basin Experiments for Hydrological Model Parameterization: Results of the Model Parameter Experiment

Large Sample Basin Experiments for Hydrological Model Parameterization: Results of the Model Parameter Experiment–MOPEX. IAHS Publ. 307, 2006, 29–40.

The MOPEX 2004 French database: main hydrological and morphological characteristics

N. Chahinian^1,2, T. Mathevet^1,3, F. Habets⁴ & V. Andréassian¹

1 Hydrology group, Cemagref Antony, Parc Tourvoie BP 44, F-92163 Antony cedex, France

nanee.chahinian@agrocampus-rennes.fr

2 Now at: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement(IRD), UMR HydroSciences–Université Montpellier II, Case Courrier MSE, Place Eugène Bataillon,F- 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France

3 Now at: EDF-DTG, BP 41, F-38040 Grenoble cedex, France

4 Météo-France, 42, avenue G. Coriolis, F-31057 Toulouse cedex 1, France

Abstract The MOPEX 2004 workshop was held in Paris in July 2004. As for former workshops, the participants were asked to test their models and explore new parameter estimation strategies using the common databases. However, for this workshop a new series of 40 French catchments was added to the existing MOPEX database. The new data consists of hourly estimates of hydrometric data as well as information on land surface characteristics. This paper presents and analyses the contents of the Paris workshop database.

Key words database; MOPEX; parameter estimation; rainfall–runoff modelling