Modelling Rainfall Runoff Relations Using HEC-HMS and IHACRES for a Single Rain Event in an Arid Region of Jordan

Abushandi, Eyad; Merkel, Broder J.

doi:10.1007/s11269-013-0293-4

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“…Hydrologic Engineering Center – Hydrologic Modelling System (HEC‐HMS) is a hydrological model, developed since 1998 by the ‘US Army Corps of Engineers’ (Feldman, ), capable of incorporating spatially varied land use by subdividing the watershed such that only subareas with homogeneous land use exist (Beighley et al , ). The model has been designed to simulate the rainfall–runoff processes and forecast streamflow of dendritic basin systems in a wide range of geographic areas such as large river basins and small urban or natural watersheds (Verma et al , ; Abushandi and Merkel, ).…”

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“…The first step in the application of HEC‐HMS is defining the basin area and sub‐basins, a stream network, and diversions and junctions. HEC‐HMS simulates most of the key hydrologic processes at watershed scale (Abushandi and Merkel, ) and uses separate methods to represent each component of the runoff process, including methods that compute runoff volume, methods of direct runoff and methods of baseflow. Firstly, runoff volume is calculated by an infiltration method; it implicitly combines the subsurface flow and overland flow and models this as direct runoff.…”

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“…(), who found good consistency between the simulated and the measured hydrographs at the outlet of the Lai Nullah basin (235 km 2 , Pakistan). More recently, Abushandi and Merkel () calibrated the model in the Wadi Dhuliel catchment (2,800 km 2 , Jordan) and found that calibrated streamflows fit well with the observations.…”

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Comparing Different Infiltration Methods of the HEC‐HMS Model: The Case Study of the Mésima Torrent (Southern Italy)

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The Hydrologic Engineering Center – Hydrologic Modelling System (HEC‐HMS) model has been widely applied for estimating hydrological variables at event scale. The choice of the most suitable infiltration method simplifies model's applicability under different environmental conditions. A proper case study for evaluating the runoff prediction capability of HEC‐HMS by the available infiltration methods is the semi‐arid torrents typical of Southern Italy as they are small and intermittent water courses, often subject to high‐magnitude flash floods and erosive events. HEC‐HMS performance of the ‘SCS‐CN’, ‘Green‐Ampt’ and ‘Initial and Constant’ infiltration methods in predicting runoff volume and peak flow was evaluated at the outlet of the Mésima torrent, Calabria, Southern Italy. Fourteen rainfall–runoff events were simulated by HEC‐HMS and compared with the corresponding observations by a quantitative approach. A good accuracy in predicting runoff volume was achieved using the ‘SCS‐CN’ method after calibration of the initial curve numbers. Peak flow was better estimated using the ‘Initial and Constant’ method, also thanks to calibration of the ‘constant rate’ parameter. The calibrated hydrographs were very similar to the observations for both ‘SCS‐CN’ and ‘Initial and Constant’ methods. Adopting the ‘Green‐Ampt’ equations, however, showed low reliability. The evaluation of the time to flood peak was in some cases inadequate. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…(Abushandi and Merkel, 2013;Gumindoga et al, 2016b;Narayan and Gautam, 2015). The deficit and constant loss method and the SCS unit Hydrograph Transformation methods were used for the component (Bhuiyan et al, 2017).…”

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Evaluation of sub daily satellite rainfall estimates through flash flood modelling in the Lower Middle Zambezi Basin

2018

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Abstract. Flash floods are experienced almost annually in the ungauged Mbire District of the Middle Zambezi Basin. Studies related to hydrological modelling (rainfall-runoff) and flood forecasting require major inputs such as precipitation which, due to shortage of observed data, are increasingly using indirect methods for estimating precipitation. This study therefore evaluated performance of CMORPH and TRMM satellite rainfall estimates (SREs) for 30 min, 1 h, 3 h and daily intensities through hydrologic and flash flood modelling in the Lower Middle Zambezi Basin for the period 2013-2016. On a daily timestep, uncorrected CMORPH and TRMM show Probability of Detection (POD) of 61 and 59 %, respectively, when compared to rain gauge observations. The best performance using Correlation Coefficient (CC) was 70 and 60 % on daily timesteps for CMORPH and TRMM, respectively. The best RMSE for CMORPH was 0.81 % for 30 min timestep and for TRMM was 2, 11 % on 3 h timestep. For the year 2014 to 2015, the HEC-HMS (Hydrological Engineering Centre-Hydrological Modelling System) daily model calibration Nash Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) for Musengezi sub catchment was 59 % whilst for Angwa it was 55 %. Angwa sub-catchment daily NSE results for the period 2015-2016 was 61 %. HEC-RAS flash flood modeling at 100, 50 and 25 year return periods for Angwa sub catchment, inundated 811 and 867 ha for TRMM rainfall simulated discharge at 3 h and daily timesteps, respectively. For CMORPH generated rainfall, the inundation was 818, 876, 890 and 891 ha at daily, 3 h, 1 h and 30 min timesteps. The 30 min time step for CMORPH effectively captures flash floods with the measure of agreement between simulated flood extent and ground control points of 69 %. For TRMM, the 3 h timestep effectively captures flash floods with coefficient of 67 %. The study therefore concludes that satellite products are most effective in capturing localized hydrological processes such as flash floods for sub-daily rainfall, because of improved spatial and temporal resolution.

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“…Several authors (Abushandi & Merkel, 2013;Gichamo et al, 2012;Ali et al, 2012;Martin et al, 2012;Oliveira & Guasselli, 2011;Oliveira et al, 2010;Ribeiro & Lima, 2011, Wahid et al, 2009) used hydrological and hydraulic models and GIS for determining flooding locations in urban rivers and canals to facilitate actions by government agencies to reduce the losses of riverine populations.…”

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Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling Integrated With Gis: A Study of the Acaraú River Basin – Ce

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2015

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Abstract:The paper presents a case study integrating hydrologic models, hydraulic models and a geographic information system (GIS) to delineate flooded areas in the medium-sized Acaraú River Basin in Ceará State, Brazil. The computational tools used were HEC-HMS for hydrologic modelling, HEC-RAS for hydraulic modelling and HEC-GeoRAS for the GIS. The results showed that a substantial portion of the riverine populations of the cities of Sobral, Santana do Acaraú and Groairas were affected by floods. Overall, the flood model satisfactorily represents the affected areas and shows the locations with the greatest flooding.

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Modelling Rainfall Runoff Relations Using HEC-HMS and IHACRES for a Single Rain Event in an Arid Region of Jordan

Cited by 90 publications

References 35 publications

Comparing Different Infiltration Methods of the HEC‐HMS Model: The Case Study of the Mésima Torrent (Southern Italy)

Comparing Different Infiltration Methods of the HEC‐HMS Model: The Case Study of the Mésima Torrent (Southern Italy)

Evaluation of sub daily satellite rainfall estimates through flash flood modelling in the Lower Middle Zambezi Basin

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling Integrated With Gis: A Study of the Acaraú River Basin – Ce

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