3.1.1 Validation of the model with recorded hydrographs
The results obtained by running the model with recorded hydrographs show
that even though the water level variation doesn’t always match the
pattern of the recorded fluctuations, the peak water level can be
reproduced with an accuracy varying between 0.05 and 0.25 m (Figure 1).
These results were positive, especially considering that all the test
cases were influenced to varying degrees by a dam downstream that
imposed a regulating effect on the lake outflow. These preliminary
results suggested that this approach, even if very simplistic, could
produce sensible outputs for specific events and thus led the research
toward testing it with synthetic hydrographs (for ungauged rivers) in
order to produce water level frequency curves.
[Figure 1]