Groundwater—Surface Water Interactions in a Mountain-to-Coast Watershed: Effects of Climate Change and Human Stressors

Table 4

Calibration results for snowmelt, lake level, stream discharge, and groundwater level (1998–2010).

Calibration station	Data type	ME	MAE	RMSE	STDEV residuals	-correlation	Nash-Sutcliffe
Jump Creek Snow Pillow Station	Snow water equivalent (mm)	112.27	162.60	297.45	275.49	0.92	0.80
Alpine Temperature at Jump Creek	Air temperature (°C)	−0.66	2.25	2.93	2.85	0.91	0.81
08HA009 Cowichan Lake	Water level (Stage masl)	0.061	0.57	0.64	0.63	0.83	−0.63
08HA002 Cowichan River	Discharge (m^3/s)	8.59	11.93	20.55	18.67	0.91	0.79
08HA011 Cowichan River	Discharge (m^3/s)	15.95	19.56	32.59	28.42	0.89	0.72
Observation Well #204-Aquifer 186	Shallow GW water level (masl)	0.0025	0.24	0.31	0.31	0.86	0.74

ME = mean error; MAE = mean absolute error; RMSE = root mean squared error; STDEV = standard deviation.