Uncertainty of runoff and sediment modeling was examined through quantifying variation in the model outputs simulated using parameter sets sampled from the posterior distributions. Uncertainty is defined as a range and confidence interval (CI) of the output hydrograph time series (Table 2). CIs of the simulated runoff and sediment load were determined at a significance level of 0.05. The estimated uncertainty in the simulated runoff and sediment load hydrographs of the watershed is presented in Figure 5, and model output uncertainty measures are summarized in Table 2.
Table 2

Statistics of uncertainty of the model output for ORD

Runoff
Sediment load
ItemUncertainty measurem3/s%aMg%
Maxb Range 291.1 798 935.5 2,475 
CI 9.2 25 21.2 56 
Averagec Range 86.6 237 150.5 398 
CI 2.2 3.5 
Average calibratedd 36.5 100 37.8 100 
Runoff
Sediment load
ItemUncertainty measurem3/s%aMg%
Maxb Range 291.1 798 935.5 2,475 
CI 9.2 25 21.2 56 
Averagec Range 86.6 237 150.5 398 
CI 2.2 3.5 
Average calibratedd 36.5 100 37.8 100 

aPercentage of the uncertainty measures to the average of the calibrated monthly runoff and sediment load.

bThe maximum width of the band of the uncertainty measure.

cAverage width of the band of the uncertainty measure.

dAverage of the calibrated monthly runoff and sediment load.

Figure 5

Runoff and sediment load uncertainty estimated using the SCEM-UA algorithm: (a) monthly runoff and (b) monthly sediment load.

Figure 5

Runoff and sediment load uncertainty estimated using the SCEM-UA algorithm: (a) monthly runoff and (b) monthly sediment load.

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