An isolated event model based upon direct runoff calculations using an implicit source area concept

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  • D. A. HUGHES
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An isolated event flood model is described that is based upon the concept of expanding source areas using an S-curve function to relate the proportion of rainfall that becomes stormflow to the moisture status of the catchment. Some features of the Flood Studies Team IEM4 model (NERC, 1975) are included in the model presented here. The model has been calibrated on a number of observed flood events in semiarid and sub-humid catchments of South Africa. In reviewing the results, the paper assesses not only the level of correspondence between observed and simulated stormflows, but also the stability of the parameters between storms on the same catchment as well as the differences in parameter values between catchments with different physiographic and climatic characteristics. The results are promising and indicate that the model is able to simulate double or multi-peaked hydrographs. Further work is required to test the wider applicability of the model and to investigate the question of parameter estimation when calibration is not possible. Un modèle de cas isole basé sur des calculs d'écoulement direct employant un concept implicite de lieux de sources RESUME Nous décrivons dans cette étude un modèle de crue où celle-ci se produit comme un cas isolé. Le modèle se base sur le concept d'étendre les lieux d'origine en employant une fonction de courbe-S pour établir un rapport entre la proportion de la pluie qui devient écoulement, et le degré d'humidité du bassin hydrographique. En même temps que le modèle cité, nous présentons ici quelques aspects du modèle IEM4 de l'Equipe d'Etudes d'Inondations (NERC, 1975). On a étalonné le modèle selon quelques inondations observées dans des bassins hydrographiques semi-arides ou sub humides de l'Afrique du Sud. Dans l'examen des résultats obtenus, cette communication détermine non seulement le rapport entre écoulements observés et simulés, mais aussi la stabilité des paramètres entre averses dans le même bassin hydrographique, ainsi que les différences de valeurs paramétriques entre bassins dont les traits physiographiques et climatiques sont différents. Les

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تاریخ انتشار 2007