An empirical method for peak discharge prediction in ungauged arid and semi-arid region catchments based on morphological parameters and SCS curve number

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 456-457, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-100

  El Hames, A S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arid region; GIS; Peak discharge; Wadi

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENT AREA; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CHANNEL LENGTH; COEFFICIENT OF CORRELATION; CURVE NUMBERS; EFFECTIVE RAINFALL; EMPIRICAL METHOD; EVENT-BASED; HYDROLOGICAL CONTROLS; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENTS; RATIONAL METHODS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SCS CURVE NUMBER; WADI;

ARID REGIONS; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ARID REGION; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; PEAK DISCHARGE; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RETURN PERIOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION;

EID: 84864341543     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Al-Ahmadi, F.S., El-Hames, A.S., 2009. Comparison of four classification methods to extract land use and land cover from raw satellite images for some remote arid areas, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, J. King Abdulaziz Univ., Earth Sci. 20(1).
2. Al-Rawas G.A., Valeo C. Relationship between wadi drainage characteristics and peak-flood flows in arid northern Oman. Hydrol. Sci. J. 2010, 55(3):377-393.
3. Al-Rawas, G., Valeo, C., 2007. Factors affecting flash flood modelling in arid regions' wadis. In: Proc. 4th International Conference on Wadi Hydrology, Sultanate of Oman.
4. Bahat, Y., Grodek, T., Lekach, J., Morin, E., 2009. Rainfall-runoff modeling in a small hyper-arid catchment. J. Hydrol. 373(1-2), 204-217.
5. Ben-zvi, Arie, 1984. Runoff peaks from two-dimensional laboratory watersheds. J. Hydrol. 68(1-4), 115-139.
6. Bhatt V.K., Tiwari A.K. Estimation of peak streamflows through channel geometry. Hydrol. Sci. J. 2008, 53(2):401-408.
7. Bracken L.J., Cox N.J., Shannon J. The relationship between rainfall inputs and flood generation in south-east Spain. Hydrol. Process. 2008, 22(5):683-696.
8. Burns D., Vitvar T., McDonnell J., Hassett J., Duncan J., Kendall C. Effects of suburban development on runoff generation in the Croton River basin, New York, USA. J. Hydrol. 2005, 311:266-281.
9. California Department of Transportation, 2009. Highway Design Manual, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), 1999. Flood Estimation Handbook. ISBN: 9781906698003.
10. El-Hames A.S., Al-Wagdany A.S. Reconstruction of flood characteristics in urbanized arid regions - Jeddah flood of 25th Nov 2009, Saudi Arabia. Hydrol. Sci. J. 2012, 57(3):507-516.
11. El-Hames, A.S., Richards, K.S., 1998. An integrated, physically based model for arid region flash flood prediction capable of simulating dynamic transmission loss. Hydrol. Process. 12(8), 1219-1232.
12. Foody G.M., Ghoneim E.M., Arnell N.W. Predicting locations sensitive to flash flooding in an arid environment. J. Hydrol. 2004, 292(1-4):48-58.
13. Green, J.H., Nelson, J.E., 2002. Calculation of time of concentration for hydrologic design and analysis using geographic information system vector objects. J. Hydroinform. 4(2), 75-81 (IWA Publishing).
14. Hammouri, N., El-Naqa, A., 2007. Hydrological modeling of ungauged wadis in arid environments using GIS: a case study of Wadi Madoneh in Jordan. Rev. Mexicana Ciencias Geol. 24(2), 185-196.
15. Jena S.K., Tiwari K.N. Modeling synthetic unit hydrograph parameters with geomorphologic parameters of watersheds. J. Hydrol. 2006, 319:1-14.
16. Jothityangkoon C., Sivapalan M., Farmer D.L. Process controls of water balance variability in a large semi-arid catchment: downward approach to hydrological model development. J. Hydrol. 2001, 254(1-4):174-198.
17. Kuichling G. The relation between the rainfall and the discharge of sewers in populous districts. ASCE Trans. 1889, 120:1-56.
18. Lange, J., Leibundgut, C., 2000. Non-calibrated arid zone rainfall-runoff modelling, the hydrology-geomorphology interface. Rainfall, floods, sedimentation, land use. In: Proceedings of the Jerusalem Conference, May 1999, IAHS Publ. No. 261. 45, Institute of Hydrology, University of Freiburg, Fahnenbergplatz, D.
19. Lumbroso D., Gaume E. Reducing the uncertainty in indirect estimates of extreme flash flood discharges. J. Hydrol. 2012, 414-415:16-31.
20. Marek, M.A., 2011. Hydraulic Design Manual, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Design Division (DES), Texas, USA.
21. McIntyre N., Al-Qurashi A. Performance of ten rainfall-runoff models applied to an arid catchment in Oman. Environ. Model. Software 2009, 24:726-738.
22. McIntyre N., Al-Qurashi A., Wheater H. Regression analysis of rainfall-runoff data from an arid catchment in Oman. Hydrol. Sci. J. 2007, 52(6):1103-1118.
23. Morin, E., Enzel, Y., Shamir, U., Garti, R., 2001. The characteristics time scale for hydrological basin response using radar data. J. Hydrol. 252, 85-99.
24. Morin E., Georgakakos K.P., Shamir U., Garti R., Enze Y. Objective, observations-based, automatic estimation of the catchment response timescale. Water Resour. Res. 2002, 38(10):1212. 10.1029/2001WR000808.
25. Mulvaney T.J. On the use of self-registering rain and flood gauges in making observation of the relation of rainfall and floods discharges in a given catchment. Proc. Civ. Eng. Ireland 1851, 4:18-31.
26. Pilgrim, D.H., Chapman, T.G., Doran, D.G., 1988. Problems of rainfall-runoff modelling in arid and semiarid regions. Hydrol. Sci. J. 33(4), 379-400.
27. Queensland Urban Drainage Manual, 2007. Department of Natural Resources and Water, GPO Box 2454, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia, second ed. ISBN: 9781741727715.
28. Sevinç, S., şen, Z., 2007. Determination of flash floods in western Arabian Peninsula. J. Hydrol. Eng. 12(6), 676-681.
29. Sharma K.D., Murthy J.R. A practical approach to rainfall-runoff modelling in arid zone drainage basins. Hydrol. Sci. J. 1998, 43(3):331-348.
30. Sharma, K.D., Vangani, N.S., 1982. Flash flood of July 1979 in the Luni basin - a rare event in the Indian desert. Hydrol. Sci. J. 27(3), 385-397.
31. Soil Conservation Service (SCS) (1972). Hydrology, Section 4. National Engineering Handbook. US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.
32. Snyder F.F. Synthetic unit-graphs. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 1938, 19:447-454.
33. USACE, 2009. HEC-HMS, Hydrologic Modeling System, US Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, User's Manual, V. 3.4.
34. USGS, 1977. A Digital Document from the Collection of the Wyoming Water Resources Data System (WRDS) Library, Report No. 17, Wyoming Water Planning Program, State Engineers Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, 195p.
35. Wang, X, Liu, T., Li, C., Zhu, Z., Zhang, S., Melesse, A., 2011. Development of a modified rational equation for arid-region runoff estimation. In: Mark, E.R., Killgore, W. (Eds.), World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability, Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress; May 22-26, 2011, Palm Springs, California Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers Reston, VA, ASCE, 978-0-7844-1173-5.