Accurate and reliable river flow information is critical to planning and management for sustainable water resources utilization. Most of engineering activities related to hydrologic designs, flood, drought, reservoirs...Accurate and reliable river flow information is critical to planning and management for sustainable water resources utilization. Most of engineering activities related to hydrologic designs, flood, drought, reservoirs and their operations are heavily dependent on the river flow information derived from river rating curve. The rating curve for a given river section is normally developed from a set of direct stage-discharge measurements for different periods. This involves considerable labour, risk and resources, and presupposes a complex and extensive measuring survey. Extrapolating the rating curve beyond the measured range, as common in many cases, is fraught with errors and uncertainties, due to the complex hydraulic behaviour of the surface water profile in transition from section, channel, downstream and flood plain controls which are often poorly understood with direct measurements. Hydraulic modeling has recently emerged as one of the more promising methods to efficiently develop accurate rating curves for a river section with simple or complex hydraulic structures and conditions. This paper explores the use of a Hydraulic Engineering Center-River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) model to review and develop river rating curves for three hydrometric stations on two rivers in Kwale, coastal Kenya. The HEC-RAS models were set up based on topographical (cross section and longitudinal) survey data for the reaches and engineering drawings for the hydraulic structures commonly used as section controls for flow measurement. The model was calibrated under unsteady state conditions against measured stage-discharge data which were captured using a Velocity Current Meter (Valeport) and an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) for both low and high flow. The rating curves were extracted from model results and the uncertainty associated with each rating curve analyzed. The results obtained by the HEC-RAS model were satisfactory and deemed acceptable for predicting discharge across the stage range at each river section.展开更多
Channel roughness is considered as the most sensitive parameter in development of hydraulic models for flood forecasting and flood inundation mapping. Hence, it is essential to calibrate the channel roughness coeffici...Channel roughness is considered as the most sensitive parameter in development of hydraulic models for flood forecasting and flood inundation mapping. Hence, it is essential to calibrate the channel roughness coefficient (Mannnig’s “n” value) for various river reaches through simulation of floods. In the present study it is attempted to calibrate and validate Mannnig’s “n” value using HEC-RAS for Mahanadi Riverin Odisha (India). For calibration of Mannnig’s “n” value, the floods for the years 2001 and 2003 have been considered. The calibrated model, in terms of channel roughness, has been used to simulate the flood for year2006 inthe same river reach. The performance of the calibrated and validated HEC-RAS based model has been tested using Nash and Sutcliffe efficiency. It is concluded from the simulation study that optimum Mannnig’s “n” value that can be used effectively for Khairmal to Barmul reach of Mahanadi Riveris 0.029. It is also verified that the peak flood discharge and time to reach peak value computed using Mannnig’s “n” of 0.029 showed only an error of 5.42% as compared with the observed flood data of year 2006.展开更多
Channel roughness is a sensitive parameter in development of hydraulic model for flood forecasting and flood inundation mapping. The requirement of multiple channel roughness coefficient Mannnig’s ‘n’ values along ...Channel roughness is a sensitive parameter in development of hydraulic model for flood forecasting and flood inundation mapping. The requirement of multiple channel roughness coefficient Mannnig’s ‘n’ values along the river has been spelled out through simulation of floods, using HEC-RAS, for years 1998 and 2003, supported with the photographs of river reaches collected during the field visit of the lower Tapi River. The calibrated model, in terms of channel roughness, has been used to simulate the flood for year 2006 in the river. The performance of the calibrated HEC-RAS based model has been accessed by capturing the flood peaks of observed and simulated floods;and computation of root mean squared error (RMSE) for the intermediated gauging stations on the lower Tapi River.展开更多
Human population growth and land-use changes raise demand and competition for water resources. The Upper OumErRabia River Basin is experiencing high rangeland and matorral conversion to irrigated agricultural land exp...Human population growth and land-use changes raise demand and competition for water resources. The Upper OumErRabia River Basin is experiencing high rangeland and matorral conversion to irrigated agricultural land expansion. Given Morocco’s per capita water availability, River-basin hydrologic </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">modelling</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> could potentially bring together agricultural, water resources </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> conservation objectives. However, not everywhere have hydrological models considered events and continuous assessment of climatic data. In this study, HEC-HMS </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">modelling</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> approach is used to explore the event-based and continuous-process simulation of land-use and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">land cover</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> change (LULCC) impact on water balance. The use of HEC-GeoHMS facilitated the digital data processing for coupling with the model. The basin’s physical characteristics and the hydro-climatic data helped to generate a geospatial database for </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">HEC-HMS</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> model. We analyzed baseline and future scenario changes for the 1980-2016 period using the SCS Curve-Number and the Soil Moisture Accounting (SMA) loss methods. SMA was coupled with the Hargreaves evapotranspiration method. Model calibration focused on reproducing observed basin runoff hydrograph. To evaluate the model performance for both calibration and validation</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the Coefficient of determination (R</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span></sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">), Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE), Root Mean Square Error (RSR) </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Percent Bias (PBIAS) criteria were exploited. The average calibration NSE values were</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.740 and 0.585 for event-based (daily) and continuous-process (annual) respectively. The R</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span></sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, RSR </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> PBIAS values were 0.624, 0.634 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> +16.7 respectively. This is rated as good performance besides the validation simulations </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">were</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> satisfactory for subsequent hydrologic analyses. We conclude that the basin’s hydrologic response to positive and negative LULCC scenarios is significant </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">both</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> positive and negative scenarios. The study findings provide useful information for key stakeholders/decision-makers in water resources.展开更多
文摘Accurate and reliable river flow information is critical to planning and management for sustainable water resources utilization. Most of engineering activities related to hydrologic designs, flood, drought, reservoirs and their operations are heavily dependent on the river flow information derived from river rating curve. The rating curve for a given river section is normally developed from a set of direct stage-discharge measurements for different periods. This involves considerable labour, risk and resources, and presupposes a complex and extensive measuring survey. Extrapolating the rating curve beyond the measured range, as common in many cases, is fraught with errors and uncertainties, due to the complex hydraulic behaviour of the surface water profile in transition from section, channel, downstream and flood plain controls which are often poorly understood with direct measurements. Hydraulic modeling has recently emerged as one of the more promising methods to efficiently develop accurate rating curves for a river section with simple or complex hydraulic structures and conditions. This paper explores the use of a Hydraulic Engineering Center-River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) model to review and develop river rating curves for three hydrometric stations on two rivers in Kwale, coastal Kenya. The HEC-RAS models were set up based on topographical (cross section and longitudinal) survey data for the reaches and engineering drawings for the hydraulic structures commonly used as section controls for flow measurement. The model was calibrated under unsteady state conditions against measured stage-discharge data which were captured using a Velocity Current Meter (Valeport) and an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) for both low and high flow. The rating curves were extracted from model results and the uncertainty associated with each rating curve analyzed. The results obtained by the HEC-RAS model were satisfactory and deemed acceptable for predicting discharge across the stage range at each river section.
文摘Channel roughness is considered as the most sensitive parameter in development of hydraulic models for flood forecasting and flood inundation mapping. Hence, it is essential to calibrate the channel roughness coefficient (Mannnig’s “n” value) for various river reaches through simulation of floods. In the present study it is attempted to calibrate and validate Mannnig’s “n” value using HEC-RAS for Mahanadi Riverin Odisha (India). For calibration of Mannnig’s “n” value, the floods for the years 2001 and 2003 have been considered. The calibrated model, in terms of channel roughness, has been used to simulate the flood for year2006 inthe same river reach. The performance of the calibrated and validated HEC-RAS based model has been tested using Nash and Sutcliffe efficiency. It is concluded from the simulation study that optimum Mannnig’s “n” value that can be used effectively for Khairmal to Barmul reach of Mahanadi Riveris 0.029. It is also verified that the peak flood discharge and time to reach peak value computed using Mannnig’s “n” of 0.029 showed only an error of 5.42% as compared with the observed flood data of year 2006.
文摘Channel roughness is a sensitive parameter in development of hydraulic model for flood forecasting and flood inundation mapping. The requirement of multiple channel roughness coefficient Mannnig’s ‘n’ values along the river has been spelled out through simulation of floods, using HEC-RAS, for years 1998 and 2003, supported with the photographs of river reaches collected during the field visit of the lower Tapi River. The calibrated model, in terms of channel roughness, has been used to simulate the flood for year 2006 in the river. The performance of the calibrated HEC-RAS based model has been accessed by capturing the flood peaks of observed and simulated floods;and computation of root mean squared error (RMSE) for the intermediated gauging stations on the lower Tapi River.
文摘Human population growth and land-use changes raise demand and competition for water resources. The Upper OumErRabia River Basin is experiencing high rangeland and matorral conversion to irrigated agricultural land expansion. Given Morocco’s per capita water availability, River-basin hydrologic </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">modelling</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> could potentially bring together agricultural, water resources </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> conservation objectives. However, not everywhere have hydrological models considered events and continuous assessment of climatic data. In this study, HEC-HMS </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">modelling</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> approach is used to explore the event-based and continuous-process simulation of land-use and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">land cover</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> change (LULCC) impact on water balance. The use of HEC-GeoHMS facilitated the digital data processing for coupling with the model. The basin’s physical characteristics and the hydro-climatic data helped to generate a geospatial database for </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">HEC-HMS</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> model. We analyzed baseline and future scenario changes for the 1980-2016 period using the SCS Curve-Number and the Soil Moisture Accounting (SMA) loss methods. SMA was coupled with the Hargreaves evapotranspiration method. Model calibration focused on reproducing observed basin runoff hydrograph. To evaluate the model performance for both calibration and validation</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the Coefficient of determination (R</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span></sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">), Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE), Root Mean Square Error (RSR) </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Percent Bias (PBIAS) criteria were exploited. The average calibration NSE values were</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.740 and 0.585 for event-based (daily) and continuous-process (annual) respectively. The R</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span></sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, RSR </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> PBIAS values were 0.624, 0.634 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> +16.7 respectively. This is rated as good performance besides the validation simulations </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">were</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> satisfactory for subsequent hydrologic analyses. We conclude that the basin’s hydrologic response to positive and negative LULCC scenarios is significant </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">both</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> positive and negative scenarios. The study findings provide useful information for key stakeholders/decision-makers in water resources.