Desclaux T. auteur aut IRD Lemonnier H. auteur aut IRD Genthon Pierre auteur aut IRD Soulard B. auteur aut IRD Le Gendre R. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access The GR4H lumped hourly rainfall-runoff model was assessed for its integration in a ridge-to-reef modelling framework. Particular attention was paid to rainfall representation, robustness of parameter estimates and ability to reproduce the main runoff features. The study was conducted in four tropical mountainous watersheds in New Caledonia, which are exposed to intense rainfall events, large annual climatic variations triggered by El Nino oscillation, and wildfires. The inverse distance and elevation weighting algorithm outperformed other classical rainfall interpolation methods under data-limited conditions. The time span of data needed for robust calibration was site specific and varied from 6-7years to 10years, which may be linked to El Nino events and to wildfires. With sufficient data, simulation quality was equivalent during the calibration and validation periods. The GR4H model was generally able to simulate both flash floods and large annual variations. The model was more reliable when simulating wet years and watersheds not subject to land-cover changes. specialized hydrological model ridge-to-reef GR4H rainfall-runoff model integrated modelling New Caledonia lagoon wildfire NOUVELLE CALEDONIE 062 020 63 11 1689-1706 2018 0262-6667 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074461 10.1080/02626667.2018.1523613 0262-6667 [F B010074461] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074461 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2018/12/010074461.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2019-01-10 2023-07-11 fdi:010074461 fre