• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.38 no.11
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• pp.937-946
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• 2005

The objective of the study is to develop a reservoir optimal operation model and to suggest the appropriate amount of additional water supply and optimal operation rule. The model uses multiple objective function and a global search method, SCE-UA method. The objective function is set up to maintain the storage at target level, to satisfy the water demand, and to maximize the hydropower product. To evaluate the model's applicability, the model was applied for allocating the optimal water depending on storage level changes of Seomjin dam. The results comparing optimal operation and historical data showed that hydropower product increased from $-2.29\%$ to $14.51\%$, $-5.94\%$ to $3.98\%$, and $-0.43\%$ to $6.35\%$ with varying target levels in wet, dry, and normal period, respectively. Also, The model was applied for assessing water supply capacity of Seomjin dam to satisfy increasing water demand. The dam was operated by the model on consideration of downstream flow as 0.17, 0.50, 0.70, 1.0, 1.5, and $3.0\;m^3/sec$. The results showed that in case of operating the dam with downstream flow less than $0.70\;m^3/sec$ and with target water level lower than 194.0 m, hydropower product was more than the historical operation data and existing amount of water supply was less influenced.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.51 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

The objective of this paper was to evaluate the auto-calibration with multi-objective optimization method to calibrate the parameters of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. The model was calibrated and validated by using nine years (1996-2004) of measured data for the 384-ha Baran reservoir subwatershed located in central Korea. Multi-objective optimization was performed for sixteen parameters related to runoff. The parameters were modified by the replacement or addition of an absolute change. The root mean square error (RMSE), relative mean absolute error (RMAE), Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency index (EI), determination coefficient ($R^2$) were used to evaluate the results of calibration and validation. The statistics of RMSE, RMAE, EI, and $R^2$ were 4.66 mm/day, 0.53 mm/day 0.86, and 0.89 for the calibration period and 3.98 mm/day, 0.51 mm/day, 0.83, and 0.84 for the validation period respectively. The statistical parameters indicated that the model provided a reasonable estimation of the runoff at the study watershed. This result was illustrated with a multi-objective optimization for the flow at an observation site within the Baran reservoir watershed.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.2255-2265
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• 2013

This study presents the width function-based Clark model. To this end, rescaled width function with distinction between hillslope and channel velocity is used as time-area curve and then it is routed through linear storage within the framework of not finite difference scheme used in original Clark model but analytical expression of linear storage routing. There are three parameters focused in this study: storage coefficient, hillslope velocity and channel velocity. SCE-UA, one of the popular global optimization methods, is applied to estimate them. The shapes of resulting IUHs from this study are evaluated in terms of the three statistical moments of hydrologic response functions: mean, variance and the third moment about the center of IUH. The correlation coefficients to the three statistical moments simulated in this study against these of observed hydrographs were estimated at 0.995 for the mean, 0.993 for the variance and 0.983 for the third moment about the center of IUH. The shape of resulting IUHs from this study give rise to satisfactory simulation results in terms of the mean and variance. But the third moment about the center of IUH tend to be overestimated. Clark model proposed in this study is superior to the one only taking into account mean and variance of IUH with respect to skewness, peak discharge and peak time of runoff hydrograph. From this result it is confirmed that the method suggested in this study is useful tool to reflect the heterogeneity of drainage path and hydrodynamic parameters. The variation of statistical moments of IUH are mainly influenced by storage coefficient and in turn the effect of channel velocity is greater than the one of hillslope velocity. Therefore storage coefficient and channel velocity are the crucial factors in shaping the form of IUH and should be considered carefully to apply Clark model proposed in this study.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.56 no.4
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• pp.9-19
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• 2014

The objective of this study was to evaluate of the Tank model in simulating runoff discharge from rural watershed in comparison to the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model. The model parameters of SWAT was calibrated by the shuffled complex evolution-university Arizona (SCE-UA) method while Tank model was calibrated by genetic algorithm (GA) and validated. Four dam watersheds were selected as the study areas. Hydrological data of the Water Management Information System (WAMIS) and geological data were used as an input data for the model simulation. Runoff data were used for the model calibration and validation. The determination coefficient ($R^2$), root mean square error (RMSE), Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency index (NSE) were used to evaluate the model performances. The result indicated that both SWAT model and Tank model simulated runoff reasonably during calibration and validation period. For annual runoff, the Tank model tended to overestimate, especially for small runoff (< 0.2 mm) whereas SWAT model underestimate runoff as compared to observed data. The statistics indicated that the Tank model simulated runoff more accurately than the SWAT model. Therefore the Tank model could be a good tool for runoff simulation considering its ease of use.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.327-327
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• 2019

The study will quantify the total uncertainties in streamflow and precipitation projections for Upper Awash River Basin located in central Ethiopia. Three hydrological models (GR4J, CAT, and HBV) will be used to simulate the streamflow considering two emission scenarios, six high-resolution GCMs, and two downscaling methods. The readily available hydrometeorological data will be applied as an input to the three hydrological models and the potential evapotranspiration will be estimated using the Penman-Monteith Method. The SCE-UA algorithm implemented in PEST will be used to calibrate the three hydrological models. The total uncertainty including the incremental uncertainty at each stage (emission scenarios and model) will be presented after assessing a total of 24 (=$2{\times}6{\times}2$) high-resolution precipitation projections and 72 (=$2{\times}6{\times}2{\times}3$) streamflow projections for the study basin. Finally, the primary causes that generate uncertainties in future climate change impact assessments will be identified and a conclusion will be made based on the finding of the study.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.821-831
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• 2014

Stochastic rainfall generators or stochastic simulation have been widely employed to generate synthetic rainfall sequences which can be used in hydrologic models as inputs. The calibration of Poisson cluster stochastic rainfall generator (e.g. Modified Bartlett-Lewis Rectangular Pulse, MBLRP) is seriously affected by local minima that is usually estimated from the local optimization algorithm. In this regard, global optimization techniques such as particle swarm optimization and shuffled complex evolution algorithm have been proposed to better estimate the parameters. Although the global search algorithm is designed to avoid the local minima, reliable parameter estimation of MBLRP model is not always feasible especially in a limited parameter space. In addition, uncertainty associated with parameters in the MBLRP rainfall generator has not been properly addressed yet. In this sense, this study aims to develop and test a Bayesian model based parameter estimation method for the MBLRP rainfall generator that allow us to derive the posterior distribution of the model parameters. It was found that the HBM based MBLRP model showed better performance in terms of reproducing rainfall statistic and underlying distribution of hourly rainfall series.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.403-403
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• 2012

최근 단시간 동안에 특정지역에 집중되는 국지적 호우에 의한 돌발홍수가 빈번히 발생하고 있으며, 이에 따른 위험과 손실이 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 현재 국내에서는 이러한 피해를 최소화하고자 돌발홍수 예측모형을 개발하고 예 경보 시스템을 구축하여 다양한 비구조적 대책을 마련하고 있다. 그러나 활용되는 예측모형의 경우 개념적 유출량인 한계유출량으로부터 돌발홍수능(Flash Flood Guidance, FFG)을 결정하여 예측 강우와 상대적인 대소 비교를 통해 돌발홍수의 발생가능성 유무를 판단하게 되는데, 문제는 산정되는 한계유출량은 개념적이기 때문에 검증이 어렵고 산정방법도 다양하여 불확실성이 높다는 단점이 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 기존의 돌발홍수 예측 방법이 아닌, 수문모형 Nesting 기법을 이용한 돌발 홍수 예측 방법을 개발하였다. 저해상도의 대유역 기반의 유출량이 큰 영역의 경계값이 되고, 대유역을 이루고 있는 소유역을 고해상도의 작은 영역이라 할 때, 경계값인 대유역의 기반의 유출량을 참고 유출량으로 하여 소유역의 유출을 물리적 혹은 개념적으로 보다 타당하게 모의하는 방법이 수문모형 Nesting 기법이다. 이러한 기법에 필요한 강우-유출 모형으로는 대유역의 경우, SURR 모형(Sejong University Rainfall-Runoff model)을 선택하였으며, 대유역을 이루는 소유역의 유출모의는 물리적 기반의 분포형 모형인 CASC2D 모형을 이용하였다. 또한 실시간 활용을 위해서는 CASC2D 모형의 매개변수를 자동으로 추정하는 기술이 요구되며, 본 연구에서는 매개변수 전역 최적화 방법인 SCE-UA(The Shuffled Complex Evolution, University of Arizona) 기법을 활용하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 수문모형의 적용성을 평가한 결과 대상유역에 대한 적용성이 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 연계된 두 모형의 유출거동이 유사하게 나타난 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구에서는 Nesting 기법을 이용하여 0.5m 하천 수위의 상승 여부에 따라 돌발홍수의 발생 가능성을 예측하는 기법을 제안하였으며, 돌발홍수 사례와 일반호우사상으로부터 이 방법의 적용성을 평가하였다. 실제 돌발홍수가 발생한 유역을 선정하고 연계된 두 모형을 대상 유역에 적용한 결과 Nesting 기반의 돌발홍수 예측방법은 기존의 한계유출량 산정 방법에서 반영하지 못한 사상을 적절히 반영한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 개발한 Nesting 기법을 이용한 돌발홍수 예측모형은 일반적인 강우량 비교의 돌발홍수 예측방법에서 벗어나 새로운 돌발홍수 예측방법을 제안한 측면에서 큰 의미가 있다고 사료되며, 이러한 연구 결과는 실시간 돌발홍수 예측 시스템의 기본 모형으로 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.191-191
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• 2017

Floods have become more widespread and frequent among natural disasters and consisted significant losses of lives and properties worldwide. Flood's impacts are threatening socio-economic and people's lives in the Mekong River Basin every year. The objective of this study is to identify the flood hazard areas and inundation depth in the Mekong River Basin. A rainfall-runoff and flood inundation model is necessary to enhance understanding of characteristic of flooding. Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation (RRI) model, a two-dimensional model capable of simulating rainfall-runoff and flood inundation simultaneously, was applied in this study. HydoSHEDS Topographical data, APPRODITE precipitation, MODIS land use, and river cross section were used as input data for the simulation. The Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE-UA) global optimization method was integrated with RRI model to calibrate the sensitive parameters. In the present study, we selected flood event in 2000 which was considered as 50-year return period flood in term of discharge volume of 500 km3. The simulated results were compared with observed discharge at the stations along the mainstream and inundation map produced by Dartmouth Flood Observatory and Landsat 7. The results indicated good agreement between observed and simulated discharge with NSE = 0.86 at Stung Treng Station. The model predicted inundation extent with success rate SR = 67.50% and modified success rate MSR = 74.53%. In conclusion, the RRI model was successfully used to simulate rainfall runoff and inundation processes in the large scale Mekong River Basin with a good performance. It is recommended to improve the quality of the input data in order to increase the accuracy of the simulation result.