Table 3

Calibrated sensitive model parameters and their optimal values for the three scenarios (v and r are parameter change qualifiers representing change existing with ‘α’ and multiply existing with ‘1 + α’, respectively)

ParameterDescriptionProcessLower boundUpper boundCalibrated value
Scenario IScenario IIScenario III
v_PLAPS.sub Precipitation lapse rate (mm H2O/km) Precipitation 500 98.2 76.5 58.3 
v_TLAPS.sub Temperature lapse rate (°C/km) Temperature −8 −4 −0.05 −0.05 −0.05 
r_CN2.mgt Initial Soil Conservation Service (SCS) runoff curve number for moisture condition II Runoff −0.4 0.4 0.25 0.19 0.06 
v_Alpha_Bf.gw Baseflow alpha factor–baseflow recession constant Runoff 0.56 0.53 0.54 
v_Gwqmn.gw Threshold depth of water required for return flow to occur Groundwater 2,000 1,050 982.7 800.23 
r_Sol_Z.sol Soil depth (mm) Soil −0.3 0.3 −0.23 −0.15 −0.11 
v_Esco.bsn Soil evaporation compensation factor Evaporation 0.01 0.31 0.29 0.4 
r_Sol_Awc.sol Available water capacity of soil layer (mm H2O/mm soil) Soil −0.6 0.6 −0.015 0.03 −0.002 
v_Revapmn.gw Threshold depth of water in shallow aquifer for ‘revap’ to occur (mm) Groundwater 300 186 159.2 185.3 
v_Ch_K2.rte Effective hydraulic conductivity in main channel alluvium (mm/h) Channel 250 88 116.9 115.1 
v_Gw_Revap.gw Groundwater ‘revap’ coefficient Groundwater 0.02 0.2 0.073 0.14 0.09 
v_Epco.hru Plant uptake composition factor Crop 0.01 0.56 0.5 0.49 
r_Sol_K Saturated hydraulic conductivity Soil −0.24 0.25 0.13 0.01 0.01 
v_Gw_Delay Groundwater delay time (days) Groundwater 40 450 49.3 45.14 35.67 
v_Ch_N2 Manning's ‘n’ value for the main channel Runoff 0.01 0.3 0.06 0.09 0.16 
ParameterDescriptionProcessLower boundUpper boundCalibrated value
Scenario IScenario IIScenario III
v_PLAPS.sub Precipitation lapse rate (mm H2O/km) Precipitation 500 98.2 76.5 58.3 
v_TLAPS.sub Temperature lapse rate (°C/km) Temperature −8 −4 −0.05 −0.05 −0.05 
r_CN2.mgt Initial Soil Conservation Service (SCS) runoff curve number for moisture condition II Runoff −0.4 0.4 0.25 0.19 0.06 
v_Alpha_Bf.gw Baseflow alpha factor–baseflow recession constant Runoff 0.56 0.53 0.54 
v_Gwqmn.gw Threshold depth of water required for return flow to occur Groundwater 2,000 1,050 982.7 800.23 
r_Sol_Z.sol Soil depth (mm) Soil −0.3 0.3 −0.23 −0.15 −0.11 
v_Esco.bsn Soil evaporation compensation factor Evaporation 0.01 0.31 0.29 0.4 
r_Sol_Awc.sol Available water capacity of soil layer (mm H2O/mm soil) Soil −0.6 0.6 −0.015 0.03 −0.002 
v_Revapmn.gw Threshold depth of water in shallow aquifer for ‘revap’ to occur (mm) Groundwater 300 186 159.2 185.3 
v_Ch_K2.rte Effective hydraulic conductivity in main channel alluvium (mm/h) Channel 250 88 116.9 115.1 
v_Gw_Revap.gw Groundwater ‘revap’ coefficient Groundwater 0.02 0.2 0.073 0.14 0.09 
v_Epco.hru Plant uptake composition factor Crop 0.01 0.56 0.5 0.49 
r_Sol_K Saturated hydraulic conductivity Soil −0.24 0.25 0.13 0.01 0.01 
v_Gw_Delay Groundwater delay time (days) Groundwater 40 450 49.3 45.14 35.67 
v_Ch_N2 Manning's ‘n’ value for the main channel Runoff 0.01 0.3 0.06 0.09 0.16 
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