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http://dx.doi.org/10.9798/KOSHAM.2012.12.5.207

An Improvement on Estimation of Runoff Factor Equation for Mountain Area in MUSLE  

Won, Jin Young (국립방재연구원 복합재난연구실 미래재난연구팀)
Lee, Jong Seol (국립방재연구원 복합재난연구실)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation / v.12, no.5, 2012 , pp. 207-214 More about this Journal
Abstract
Williams developed the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation(MUSLE) by replacing the rainfall energy factor in USLE with runoff energy factor, which was expressed in the function of total runoff volume Q and peak discharge $Q_p$ with the form of ${\alpha}(Q{\cdot}Q_p)^{\beta}$. The coefficients ${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$ were derived from individual rainfall data of 47 basins and largely depended on the hydrological characteristics of the basins. Therefore, it may occur the inappropriate results when the runoff factor recommended in MUSLE are applied to the basins in Korea without a validation. The purpose of this study is to present the runoff model and the coefficients of the runoff factor which are suitable for mountainous basins in Korea. We used 32 rainfall runoff and sediment yields data measured from 3 small mountainous basins in Korea. In order to achieve our purposes, the total runoff and peak discharge by SCS, Nakayasu, and Clark model were compared with measured data. And the correlation analysis between calculated and measured runoff factor was performed. The results showed that the suitable model for small mountainous basins was Nakayasu model and the range of coefficients ${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$ was 0.61~6.87 and 0.98~1.02 respectively. And the equation of $5.33(Q{\cdot}Q_p)^{0.91}$ was suggested as the runoff factor in application of MUSLE to small mountainous basins in Korea. For the purpose of the verification, the runoff factor suggested in this study was applied to another basins to estimate sediment yields, and the results showed that the application of the newly suggested runoff factor was more reasonable than that of the runoff factor suggested by Williams(1975).
Keywords
MUSLE; Runoff factor; Total runoff volume; Peak discharge;
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