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Comparing Calculation Techniques for Effective Rainfalls Using NRCS-CN Method: Focused on Introducing Weighted Average and Slope-based CN

NRCS-CN 방법을 이용한 유효우량 산정기법의 비교분석: 가중평균방법과 경사도 도입을 중심으로

  • 문건우 (한양대학교 대학원 건설환경공학과) ;
  • 유지영 (전북대학교 공과대학 토목공학과) ;
  • 김태웅 (한양대학교 공학대학 건설환경플랜트공학과)
  • Received : 2014.03.15
  • Accepted : 2014.06.18
  • Published : 2014.08.01
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Abstract

The NRCS-CN method is generally used to estimate effective rainfalls in a basin. However, since the curve number which plays a critical role in the NRCS-CN method was originally developed for US watersheds, it is limited to be directly applied to other basins outside the United States. Therefore various modifications have been suggested to revise the NRCS-CN for specific watershed condition. This study introduced the weighted average method and the slope-based CN to estimate effective rainfalls available for Korean watersheds and compared with the observed direct runoff. The overall results achieved from this study indicated that the adjusted slope-based CN considerably increases effective rainfalls in general and makes the duration of effective storm longer. Based on the statistical error analysis performed for various modifications of NRCS-CN, the weighted average method with the adjusted slope-based CN has highest precision with the observed direct runoff. In addition, after analyzing the relation between the initial loss estimated from rainfall-runoff observations and the potential maximum retention from GIS-based data, it turns out that the assumption of linear relationship between the initial loss and the potential maximum retention is not available for Korean watersheds.

유역의 유효우량을 산정할 경우 NRCS-CN 방법을 이용하는 것이 보통이다. NRCN-CN 방법에서 유역의 유출특성을 나타내는 중요한 인자인 유출곡선지수(CN)은 미국 유역을 대상으로 개발되어졌기 때문에, 미국 이외의 국가에서 적용될 경우 지역의 강우-유출 특성을 반영하지 못하는 한계점을 가지고 있다. 이에 많은 연구에서 유역의 CN값을 보정하는 방법을 제시하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라에 적절한 유효우량 산정방법을 제시하기 위하여 유역의 CN값을 가중평균하는 방법과 유역의 경사도를 고려하여 CN값을 보정하는 방법을 적용하여 유효우량을 산정하고 이를 관측 유효우량과 비교 분석을 수행하였다. 본 연구 결과, 경사도를 고려하여 CN값을 보정할 경우 유효우량이 전반적으로 크게 산정되었으며, 유효우량의 지속시간 또한 길어지는 것으로 나타났다. 유효우량의 산정방법에 따른 통계학적 오차 분석을 수행한 결과, 경사도로 보정한 CN값을 적용한 가중평균 유효우량 산정방법이 관측 직접유출량과 높은 정확성을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 관측 자료를 이용하여 추정한 초기손실량과 GIS 자료를 이용하여 추정한 최대잠재보유수량과의 관계를 분석한 결과, NRCS-CN 방법에서 적용되고 있는 선형가정은 실제 강우-유출 관계와 큰 차이를 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

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