This study provides guidelines for the selection of proper goodness-of-fit criteria for the
calibration and evaluation of hydrological models. Popular goodness-of-fit criteria and good …

Success in the use of computer models for simulating environmental variables and
processes requires objective model calibration and verification procedures. Several …

The goal of this commentary is to critically evaluate the use of popular performance metrics
in hydrologic modeling. We focus on the Nash‐Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) and the Kling …

Despite the advances in methods of statistical and mathematical modeling, there is
considerable lack of focus on improving how to judge models' quality. Coefficient of …

Using the parameters associated with the best-fit simulation (ie, the simulation with the
highest objective function value) to represent a calibrated hydrological model is inadequate …

Performance criteria are used in the automated calibration of hydrological models to
determine and minimise the misfit between observations and model simulations. In this …

Hydrological modeling is an important tool for water resources management, providing a
feasible solution to represent the main hydrological processes and predict future streamflow …

Abstract Development and use of global, continental, and country scale hydrological models
has attracted an increasing attention over the last two decades. Though developed countries …

Hydrological models have to be calibrated accurately to provide reasonable model results.
For a concise model evaluation, the different phases of the hydrograph have to be …

This paper applies a four‐objective calibration strategy focusing on peak flows, low flows,
water balance, and flashiness to 392 model parameter estimation experiment (MOPEX) …