A physically based FVM watershed model fully coupling surface and subsurface water flows |
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| Authors: | Junichiro Takeuchi Toshihiko Kawachi Chie Imagawa Natsuki Buma Koichi Unami Shigeya Maeda |
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| Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A sophisticated modeling approach for simulating-coupled surface and subsurface flows in a watershed is presented. The watershed
model developed is a spatially distributed physically based model of composite dimension, consisting of 3-D variably saturated
groundwater flow submodel, 2-D overland flow submodel and 1-D river flow submodel. The 3-D subsurface flow is represented
by the complete Richards equation, while the 2-D and 1-D surface flows by the diffusive approximations of their complete dynamic
equations. For piecewise integration of these equations, the finite volume method (FVM) is employed assuming unknown variables
such as the water depth and the pressure head to be volume-averaged state ones. Problem plane geometry is meshed with the
unstructured cells of triangular shape which conforms to external as well as internal irregular boundaries such as those between
1-D and 2-D flows. A cell size controlling scheme, referred to as quasi-adaptive meshing scheme, is introduced to keep the
local discretization errors caused by topographic elevation gradient even over the entire-meshed geometry. Performance of
the model is tested through its practical application to a rugged intermountain watershed. Tuning the values of the three
key parameters ensures successful calibration of the model. Once the model is so calibrated, it could reproduce satisfactory
runoff response to any rainfall event. Expansion and shrinkage of the contributing area importantly affecting the direct runoff,
caused by the vicissitude of rainfall during its total duration, are well reproduced, like what the commonly accepted runoff
theory argues. It is thus concluded that the model developed could serve as a powerful watershed simulator usable for investigating
and assessing the hydrological aspect of a watershed. |
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