Virtual hydrological time series for flood frequency analysis

This virtual time series of daily rainfall and streamflow and hydrological model states for 10,000 years for eight sites was created to enable the testing of approaches used to estimate the flood frequency distribution. The eight sites represent rainfall characteristics from eight major cities in Australia (Adelaide, Alice Springs, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney), because they provide a wide cross-section of Australian climatology. They range from Mediterranean (Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne) with wet winters and hot dry summers, to temperate; warm summers and mild winters with uniform rainfall (Sydney), to subtropical (Brisbane) with wet summers and dry winters, to tropical (Darwin) with distinct wet and dry seasons, to desert (Alice Spring) with erratic rainfall in summer and spring.
The simulations were generated using the DRIP stochastic rainfall model and the GR4J hydrological model. The files contain the daily rainfall, streamflow and all the hydrological model states from DRIP. Refer to Li et al (2015) for further information.

本数据集包含8个站点的10000年逐日降雨、径流及水文模型状态虚拟时序数据，旨在为洪水频率分布估算方法的验证提供研究支撑。
这8个站点选取自澳大利亚8座主要城市——阿德莱德、艾利斯斯普林斯、布里斯班、达尔文、霍巴特、墨尔本、珀斯及悉尼，其降雨特征可全面覆盖澳大利亚多样的气候类型。各站点涵盖的气候类型包括：冬季多雨、夏季炎热干燥的地中海气候（阿德莱德、珀斯、墨尔本）；夏季温暖、冬季温和且降雨分布均匀的温带气候（悉尼）；夏季多雨、冬季干燥的亚热带气候（布里斯班）；干湿季分明的热带气候（达尔文）；以及夏春季降雨不稳定的沙漠气候（艾利斯斯普林斯）。
本数据集的模拟结果基于DRIP随机降雨模型（DRIP stochastic rainfall model）与GR4J水文模型（GR4J hydrological model）生成，文件包含逐日降雨、径流及DRIP模型输出的全部水文模型状态变量。如需获取进一步相关信息，请参考Li等人2015年的研究文献。