Data Test and Pre-Treatment for Hydrological Modelling and Applications

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dc.contributor.authorKibe, L.J
dc.contributor.authorKilonzo, F. N
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-20T08:25:16Z
dc.date.available2023-06-20T08:25:16Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe proper application of meaningful hydrological model output must be preceded by use of reliable model inputs, the quality and behaviour, which must be ascertained by evaluating for any intrinsic quality problems. Long term (>40 years) rainfall hydrological data for the 5 rainfall stations situated in a catchment supplying part of the larger Nairobi metropolitan and its environs are used to demonstrate the need for data quality check. Tests for outlier analysis, trends analysis, autocorrelation and homogeneity are performed on the data. Results indicate that one station had an outlier data point. The trends analysis using the Mann-Kendal method with the Sen slope analysis using the raw data show general non statistically significant declining rainfall over the period for both annual and seasonal rainfall and significant increase in maximum temperature at 95% confidence level. Homogeneity test using the Pettit test identified break points. Trend analysis after removal of change points returns significant trends in annual rainfall for three of the five stations and several seasonal datasets at 95% confidence level. There is therefore need to pre-treat data appropriately before application in modeling and decision support simulations. Pre-treatment of data prior to use in hydrological modelling is expected to yield more reliable/accurate model predictions by reducing errors associated with model inputsen_US
dc.identifier.citationKilonzo, F. N., & Kibet, L. J. (2022). Data Test and Pre-Treatment for Hydrological Modelling and Applications. Journal of Engineering in Agriculture and the Environment, 8(1), 14-14.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.37017/jeae-volume8-no1.2022-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25887
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenya Society of Environmental, Biological and Agricultural Engineersen_US
dc.subjectQualityen_US
dc.subjectanalysisen_US
dc.subjectoutlieren_US
dc.subjectconfidence levelen_US
dc.subjecthydrological dataen_US
dc.titleData Test and Pre-Treatment for Hydrological Modelling and Applicationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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