Assessment of Snowmelt Impact on Chungju Dam Watershed Inflow Using Terra MODIS Data and SWAT Model

Abstract

This study is to evaluate the snowmelt impact on dam inflow for the Chungju Dam watershed 6,642.0 km 2 using Terra MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). To determine the SWAT snowmelt parameter; snow cover depletion curve (SCDC) the snow depth distribution (SDD) using Terra MODIS was used, the snow depth was spatially interpolated using snowfall data of ground meteorological stations. For 10 sets (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) data during snowmelt period (November-April), the sno50cov parameter, that is, the 50% coverage at a fraction of SCDC which determines the shape of snow depletion process, showed the values of 0.4 to 0.7. The SWAT model was calibrated with average R 2 of 0.54 using the sno50cov of each year. The 10 years average streamflow during snowmelt period was 104.3 mm which covers 12.0% of the annual streamflow.