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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3843-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3843-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Review and perspective paper
| 
24 Jun 2021
Review and perspective paper |
| 24 Jun 2021
| 24 Jun 2021
Understanding each other's models: an introduction and a standard representation of 16 global water models to support intercomparison, improvement, and communication
Camelia-Eliza Telteu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Physical Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hannes Müller Schmied
Institute of Physical Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Senckenberg Leibniz Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F),
60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Wim Thiery
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
Guoyong Leng
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Peter Burek
Water Security Research Group,
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, 2361, Austria
Xingcai Liu
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Julien Eric Stanislas Boulange
Center for Climate Change Adaptation (Climate Change Impacts Assessment Research Section), National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 3058506, Japan
Lauren Seaby Andersen
Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Manolis Grillakis
Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Foundation for Research and
Technology-Hellas, Rethymno, 74100, Greece
Simon Newland Gosling
School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Yusuke Satoh
Earth System Division (Earth System Risk Analysis Section), National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 3058506, Japan
Oldrich Rakovec
Department Computational Hydrosystems, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, 16500, Czech Republic
Tobias Stacke
Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Jinfeng Chang
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ/IPSL, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191, France
Niko Wanders
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3508, the Netherlands
Harsh Lovekumar Shah
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gandhinagar, 382355, India
Tim Trautmann
Institute of Physical Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ganquan Mao
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
Naota Hanasaki
Center for Climate Change Adaptation (Climate Change Impacts Assessment Research Section), National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 3058506, Japan
Aristeidis Koutroulis
School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, 73100, Greece
Yadu Pokhrel
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
Luis Samaniego
Department Computational Hydrosystems, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Yoshihide Wada
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program (BNR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, 2361, Austria
Vimal Mishra
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gandhinagar, 382355, India
Junguo Liu
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
Petra Döll
Institute of Physical Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Senckenberg Leibniz Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F),
60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Fang Zhao
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
Transformation Pathways, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Anne Gädeke
Climate Resilience, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Sam S. Rabin
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Florian Herz
Institute of Physical Geography, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Short summary
We analyse water storage compartments, water flows, and human water use sectors included in 16 global water models that provide simulations for the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project phase 2b. We develop a standard writing style for the model equations. We conclude that even though hydrologic processes are often based on similar equations, in the end these equations have been adjusted, or the models have used different values for specific parameters or specific variables.
We analyse water storage compartments, water flows, and human water use sectors included in 16...
