Development of Comprehensive Karstic Watershed Model in Order to Estimate and Precise the Components of the Water Balance

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Graduate in Water Resources Engineering, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Water Resources Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The various semi-distributed and distributed hydrological models have a very high potential for comprehensive water catchment simulation, but these models still need to be developed in order to get closer to the actual conditions of the catchment areas. To simulate the karstic basins using conventional hydrologic models, changes in model codes are required. The SWAT model, due to openness and freedom, has made it possible to implement and configure various conditions in the catchment area. In this research, a new model called SWAT-ML has been developed in which karst regions have different hydrological characteristics. The studied area is a karstic basin of Maharlu Lake and statistical simulation period from 1980 to 2013 for calibration and validation of surface runoff, base flow, agricultural production and actual evapotranspiration. The model was calibrated with an average of determination factor and Nash Sutcliff of 0.65, and it was found that the SWAT model has a great potential for estimating the yields of agricultural products. The developed model showed that in karstic watershed simulation, performance is better than SWAT model, and the calculated balance values by SWAT and SWAT-ML model, has a significant difference compared to hydro climatology budget.

Highlights

Afinowicz JD, Munster CL, Wilcox BP (2005) Modeling effects of brush management on the rangeland water budget: Edwards Plateau. Texas J Am Water Resour Assoc 41(1):181-193

Afrasyabiaan A (1998) The importance of Karst water resources research in iran. Proceedings of the second World Water Resources Conference in Karst Formations, Kermanshah, Iran (In Persian)

Amatya DM, Jha MK, Edwards AE, Williams TM, Hitchcock DM (2011) SWAT based streamflow and embayment modeling of a karst affected Chapel Branch Watershed, SC. Trans ASABE 54(4):1311-1323

Amatya DM, Jha MK, Edwards AE, Williams TM, Hitchcock DM (2013) SWAT model prediction of phosphorus loading in a South Carolina Karst Watershed with a downstream embayment. Journal of Environmental Protection 4(1):75-90

Amin MG, Veith TL, Collick AS, Karsten HD, Buda AR (2017) Simulating hydrological and nonpoint source pollution processes in a karst watershed: A variable source area hydrology model evaluation. Agricultural Water Management 180(B):212-223

Anonymous (2011) Water budget of Tashk-Bakhtegan and Mahralu basin, Iran, Ministry of Energy, Iran.

Arnold JG, Moriasi DN, Gassman PW, Abbaspour KC, White MJ, Srinivasan R (2012) Swat: model use, calibration, and validation. Trans ASABE 55(4):1491-508

Baffaut C, Benson VW (2009) Modeling the flow and pollutant transport in a karst watershed with SWAT. Trans ASABE 52(2):469-479

Ford DC (2007) Javan cvijic and the founding of karst geomorphology. Environmental Geology 51(5):220-368

Malagò A, Efstathiou D, Bouraoui F, Nikolaidis P, Franchini M, Bidoglio G, Kritsotakis M (2016) Regional scale hydrologic modeling of a karst-dominant geomorphology: The case study of the Island of Crete. Journal of Hydrology 540(1):64-81

Nikolaidis NP, Bouraoui F, Bidoglio G (2013) Hydrologic and geochemical modeling of a karstic Mediterranean watershed. Journal of Hydrology 477(4):129-138

Palanisamy B, Workman SR (2015) Hydrologic modeling of flow through sinkholes located in streambeds of Cane Run Stream, Kentucky. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 10(4):743-772

Savenije HHG (2009) The art of hydrology. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 13(1):157-16

Spruhill CA, Workan SR, Taraba JL (2000) Simulation of daily and monthly stream discharge from small watersheds using the SWAT model. Trans ASABE 43(6):1431-1439

Tian Y, Wang S, Bai X, Luo G, Xu Y (2016) Trade-offs among ecosystem services in a typical Karst watershed, SW China. Science of the Total Environment 566(11):1297-1308

Vale M, Holman IP (2009) Understanding the hydrological functioning of a shallow lake system within a coastal karstic aquifer in Wales, UK. Journal of Hydrology 376(1–2):285-294

Yactayo GA (2009) Modification of the SWAT model to simulate hydrologic processes in a karst-influenced watershed. M.S. Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Afinowicz JD, Munster CL, Wilcox BP (2005) Modeling effects of brush management on the rangeland water budget: Edwards Plateau. Texas J Am Water Resour Assoc 41(1):181-193
Afrasyabiaan A (1998) The importance of Karst water resources research in iran. Proceedings of the second World Water Resources Conference in Karst Formations, Kermanshah, Iran (In Persian)
Amatya DM, Jha MK, Edwards AE, Williams TM, Hitchcock DM (2011) SWAT based streamflow and embayment modeling of a karst affected Chapel Branch Watershed, SC. Trans ASABE 54(4):1311-1323
Amatya DM, Jha MK, Edwards AE, Williams TM, Hitchcock DM (2013) SWAT model prediction of phosphorus loading in a South Carolina Karst Watershed with a downstream embayment. Journal of Environmental Protection 4(1):75-90
Amin MG, Veith TL, Collick AS, Karsten HD, Buda AR (2017) Simulating hydrological and nonpoint source pollution processes in a karst watershed: A variable source area hydrology model evaluation. Agricultural Water Management 180(B):212-223
Anonymous (2011) Water budget of Tashk-Bakhtegan and Mahralu basin, Iran, Ministry of Energy, Iran.
Arnold JG, Moriasi DN, Gassman PW, Abbaspour KC, White MJ, Srinivasan R (2012) Swat: model use, calibration, and validation. Trans ASABE 55(4):1491-508
Baffaut C, Benson VW (2009) Modeling the flow and pollutant transport in a karst watershed with SWAT. Trans ASABE 52(2):469-479
Ford DC (2007) Javan cvijic and the founding of karst geomorphology. Environmental Geology 51(5):220-368
Malagò A, Efstathiou D, Bouraoui F, Nikolaidis P, Franchini M, Bidoglio G, Kritsotakis M (2016) Regional scale hydrologic modeling of a karst-dominant geomorphology: The case study of the Island of Crete. Journal of Hydrology 540(1):64-81
Nikolaidis NP, Bouraoui F, Bidoglio G (2013) Hydrologic and geochemical modeling of a karstic Mediterranean watershed. Journal of Hydrology 477(4):129-138
Palanisamy B, Workman SR (2015) Hydrologic modeling of flow through sinkholes located in streambeds of Cane Run Stream, Kentucky. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 10(4):743-772
Savenije HHG (2009) The art of hydrology. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 13(1):157-16
Spruhill CA, Workan SR, Taraba JL (2000) Simulation of daily and monthly stream discharge from small watersheds using the SWAT model. Trans ASABE 43(6):1431-1439
Tian Y, Wang S, Bai X, Luo G, Xu Y (2016) Trade-offs among ecosystem services in a typical Karst watershed, SW China. Science of the Total Environment 566(11):1297-1308
Vale M, Holman IP (2009) Understanding the hydrological functioning of a shallow lake system within a coastal karstic aquifer in Wales, UK. Journal of Hydrology 376(1–2):285-294
Yactayo GA (2009) Modification of the SWAT model to simulate hydrologic processes in a karst-influenced watershed. M.S. Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iran-Water Resources Research
Volume 14, Issue 5
October 2018
Pages 133-145

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  • Receive Date: 17 November 2017
  • Revise Date: 18 July 2018
  • Accept Date: 20 July 2018

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