Modified Palmer Drought Severity Index Based on Distributed Hydrological Simulation

Table 2

Evaluation of the simulation results of monthly discharge.

	Calibration (1973–1988)			Validation (1989–2000)
	𝑅^2	𝐸NS	RE	𝑅^2	𝐸NS	RE
Hanjiaying	0.89	0.89	−3.30%	0.73	0.66	−1.09%
Chengde	0.86	0.85	−1.34%	0.71	0.71	−7.32%
Xiabancheng	0.87	0.87	−5.82%	0.68	0.62	−2.75%
Sandaohezi	0.78	0.72	1.05%	0.71	0.62	−12.01%
Luanxian	0.93	0.93	3.40%	0.92	0.91	−2.59%