@article{fdi:010074822, title = {{A}ssessing multidecadal runoff (1970-2010) using regional hydrological modelling under data and water scarcity conditions in {P}eruvian {P}acific catchments}, author = {{R}au, {P}. and {B}ourrel, {L}uc and {L}abat, {D}. and {R}uelland, {D}. and {F}rappart, {F}. and {L}avado, {W}. and {D}ewitte, {B}oris and {F}elipe, {O}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n a context of water scarcity in {P}eruvian {P}acific catchments as a crucial issue for {P}eru, added to the paucity of data availability, we propose a methodology that provides new perspectives for freshwater availability estimation as a base reference for unimpaired conditions. {U}nder those considerations, a regional discharge of 709 m(3)/s to the {P}acific {O}cean is estimated with a significant increasing trend of about 43 m(3)/s per decade over the 1970-2010 period. {T}o represent the multidecadal behaviour of freshwater runoff along the region, a regional runoff analysis is proposed based on hydrological modelling at annual and monthly time step for unimpaired conditions over the whole 1970-2010 period. {D}ifferential {S}plit-{S}ample {T}ests are used to assess the hydrological modelling robustness of the {GR}1{A} and {GR}2{M} conceptual lumped models, showing a satisfactory transposability from dry to wet years inside the thresholds defined for {N}ash-{S}utcliffe and bias criteria. {T}his allowed relating physical catchment characteristics with calibrated and validated model parameters, thus offering a regional perspective for dryland conditions in the study area (e.g., the anticlockwise hysteresis relationship found for seasonal precipitation-runoff relationship) as well as the impacts of climate variability and catchment characteristics.}, keywords = {data and water scarcity ; {GR}1{A} ; {GR}2{M} ; hydrological modelling ; {P}eru ; regional runoff ; {PEROU} ; {PACIFIQUE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{H}ydrological {P}rocesses}, volume = {33}, numero = {1}, pages = {20--35}, ISSN = {0885-6087}, year = {2019}, DOI = {10.1002/hyp.13318}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074822}, }