• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.303-318
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• 2014

Baseflow gives a significant contribution to stream function in the regions where climatic characteristics are seasonally distinct. In this regard, variable baseflow can make it difficult to maintain a stable water supply, as well as causing disruption to the stream ecosystem. Changes in land use can affect both the direct flow and baseflow of a stream, and consequently, most other components of the hydrologic cycle. Baseflow estimation depends on the observed streamflow in gauge watersheds, but accurate predictions of streamflow through modeling can be useful in determining baseflow data for ungauged watersheds. Accordingly, the objectives of this study are to 1) improve predictions of SWAT by applying the alpha factor estimated using RECESS for calibration; 2) estimate baseflow in an ungauged watershed using the WHAT system; and 3) evaluate the effects of changes in land use on baseflow characteristics. These objectives were implemented in the Gapcheon watershed, as an ungauged watershed in South Korea. The results show that the alpha factor estimated using RECESS in SWAT calibration improves the prediction for streamflow, and, in particular, recessions in the baseflow. Also, the changes in land use in the Gapcheon watershed leads to no significant difference in annual baseflow between comparable periods, regardless of precipitation, but does lead to differences in the seasonal characteristics observed for the temporal distribution of baseflow. Therefore, the Guem River, into which the stream from the Gapcheon watershed flows, requires strategic seasonal variability predictions of baseflow due to changes in land use within the region.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.58 no.5
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• pp.11-18
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• 2016

The objective of this study was to develop the simple method to estimate ungauged river section for flood stage analysis. Damage prediction should be prioritized using hydrological modeling to reduce flood risk. Mostly, the geographical data using hydrological modeling depends on national river cross-section survey. However because of the lack of measured data, it is difficult to apply to many local streams or small watersheds. For this reason, this study suggest the method to estimate unguaged river cross-section. Simple regression equations were derived and used to estimate river cross-section by analyzing the correlation between the river cross-sectional characteristics (width, height and area). The estimated cross-sections were used to simulate flood level by HEC-RAS (Hydrologic Engineering Center's River Analysis System). The applicability of this method was verified by comparing simulated flood level between measured and estimated cross-section. The water surface elevation of the flood stage analysis was 6.56-7.24 m, 5.33-5.95 m and 6.12-6.75 m for measured cross section, for estimated cross section and for estimated cross section based on DEM elevation, respectively. Further study should consider other factors for more accurate flood stage analysis. This study might be used one of the guidelines to estimate ungauged river section for flood stage analysis.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.151-163
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• 2018

The objective of this study was to estimate LOADEST (LOAD Estimator) coefficients for simulating pollutant loads in ungauged watersheds. Regression models of LOADEST were used to simulate pollutant loads, and the multiple linear regression (MLR) was used for coefficients estimation on watershed characteristics. The fifth and third model of LOADEST were selected to simulate T-N (Total-Nitrogen) and T-P (Total-Phosphorous) loads, respectively. The results and statistics indicated that regression models based on LOADEST simulated pollutant loads reasonably and model coefficients were reliable. However, the results also indicated that LOADEST underestimated pollutant loads and had a bias. For this reason, simulated loads were corrected the bias by a quantile mapping method in this study. Corrected loads indicated that the bias correction was effective. Using multiple regression analysis, a coefficient estimation methods according to the watershed characteristic were developed. Coefficients which calculated by MLR were used in models. The simulated result and statistics indicated that MLR estimated the model coefficients reasonably. Regression models developed in this study would help simulate pollutant loads for ungauged watersheds and be a screen model for policy decision.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.4377-4384
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• 1977

The curvilinear hydrograph can be replaced by an equivalent triangular hydrograph which is more easily constructed and, for routing through reservoirs or stream channels, gives results about as accurate as those obtained using the curvilinear hydrograph. A synthetic hydrograph is prepared using the data from a number of watersheds to develop a dimensionless unit hydrograph applicable to ungauged watersheds. The dimensionless unit hydrograph for the NakDong River Basin was prepared from the unit hydrographs of a variety of nine subwatersheds. The equation for the peak rate of flow (unit volume of runoff in 1.0mm) was derived as {{{{ { q}_{p } = { 0.21AR} over { {T }_{p } } }}}} The results summarized in this study are as follows: 1) It found that the watershed lag time (Lg, hrs) could be expressed by Lg=0.253(L.Lca)0.4171 The product L.Lca is a measure of the size and shape of the watershed. Correlation coefficient for Lg was 0.97 which defined with high significance. 2) The base length of the unitgraph, in hours, was adopted as Tb=17.51+2.073Lg with high significant correlation coefficient, 0.92. 3) Time in hour from start of rise to peak rate (TP) generally occured at the position of 0.289 Tb with some indication of higher values for larger watershed. 4) Triangular hydrograph is a dimensionless unitgraph prepared from the 40 unitgraphs. The equation is shown as {{{{ { q}_{p } = { K.A.R} over { { T}_{p } } }}}}. The constant K=0.21 is defined to NakDong River basin. 5) In the light of the results analyzed in this study, average errors in the peak discharge of the Trjangular unitgraph was estimated as 5.34 percent to the peak of observed average unitgraph. Each ordinate of the Triangular unitgraph was approached closely to the observed one.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2005

The study shows the possible use of the index flood frequency curves for an estimation of flood quantiles at ungauged locations. Flood frequency analysis were made for the annual maximum flood data series at 9 available stations in the Han river basin. From the flood frquency curve at each station the mean annual flood of 2.33-year return period was determined and the ratios of the flood magnitude of various return period to the mean annual flood at each station were averaged throughout the Han river basin, resulting mean flood ratios of different return periods. A correlation analysis was made between the mean annual flood and physiographic parameters of the watersheds i.e, the watershed area and mean river channel slope, resulting an empirical multiple linear regression equation over the whole Han river basin. For unguaged watershed the flood of a specified return period could be estimated by multiplying the mead flood ratio corresponding the return period with the mean annual flood computed by the empirical formula developed in terms of the watershed area and river channel slope. To verify the applicability of the methodology developed in the present study the floods of various return periods determined for the watershed in the river channel improvement plan formulation by the Ministry of Construction and Transportation(MOCT) were compared with those estimated by the present method. The result proved a resonable agreement up to the watershed area of approximately 2,000k $m^2$. It is suggested that the practice of design flood estimation based on the rainfall-runoff analysis might have to be reevaluated because it involves too much uncertainties in the hydrologic data and rainfall-runoff model calibration.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.54 no.11
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• pp.955-968
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• 2021

A water resource plan is routinely based on a natural flow and can be estimated using observed streamflow data or a long-term continuous rainfall-runoff model. However, the watershed with the natural flow is very limited to the upstream area of the dam. In particular, for the ungauged watershed, a rainfall-runoff model is established for the gauged watershed, and the model is then applied to the ungauged watershed by transferring the associated parameters. In this study, the GR4J rainfall-runoff model is mainly used to regionalize the parameters that are estimated from the 14 dam watershed via an optimization process. In terms of optimizing the parameters, the Bayesian approach was applied to consider the uncertainty of parameters quantitatively, and a number of parameter samples obtained from the posterior distribution were used for the regionalization. Here, the relationship between the estimated parameters and the topographical factors was first identified, and the dependencies between them are effectively modeled by a Copula function approach to obtain the regionalized parameters. The predicted streamflow with the use of regionalized parameters showed a good agreement with that of the observed with a correlation of about 0.8. It was found that the proposed regionalized framework is able to effectively simulate streamflow for the ungauged watersheds by the use of the regionalized parameters, along with the associated uncertainty, informed by the basin characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.74-83
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• 2007

The goal of this study is to establish an integrated watershed hydrologic model for the whole Nakdong River basin whose area is an approximately 24,000 km2. Including a number of watershed elements such as rainfall, runoff, water use, and so on, the proposed model is based on SWAT model, and is used to improve the flow duration curve estimation of ungauged watersheds for Korean Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). The model is also used to recognize quantitatively the river flow variation due to water use elements and large dam effluents in the whole watershed. The established combined watershed hydrologic model, SWAT-Nakdong, is used to evaluate the quantified influences of artificial water balance elements, such as a dam and water use in the watershed. We apply two water balance scenarios in this study: the dam scenario considering effluent conditions of 4 large multi-purpose dams, Andong dam, Imha dam, Namgang dam, and Habcheon dam, and the water use scenario considering a water use for stream line and the effluent from a treatment plant. The two scenarios are used to investigate the impacts on TMDL design flow and flow duration of particular locations in Nakdong River main stream. The results from this study will provide the basic guideline for the natural flow restoration in Nakdong River.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.153-159
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• 2009

In order to estimate release water from reservoirs located on ungaged watersheds, an algorithm was suggested based on hydrologic reservoir routing and real time calibrating watershed parameters. A prototype - simple computer program was developed to implement the algorithm with Genetic Algorithm technic. The program was applied to a mid-size reservoir and its ungauged watershed area using observed rainfall data, spillway gates operation data and reservoir water stage time series data under a existing storm event. The result shows that the algorithm and the prototype would be useful to simulate released water from reservoirs.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.946-946
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• 2012

현재 국내 하천의 설계홍수량은 하천정비 기본계획이나 유역종합 치수계획 등을 통하여 고시 되고 있다. 이러한 설계홍수량은 홍수량 산정 지침에 따라 산정되며, 최종적으로 결정된 설계홍수량을 기준으로 하도계획이나 교량, 암거 등의 설계를 실시하였다. 현재 많은 수의 홍수조절용 다목적 댐과 강변저류지 등 각종 수리조작 구조물들이 축조되면서부터 홍수량을 시간별로 조절할 수 있게 되었지만, 미계측 유역에서는 유역의 유출량을 예측하기가 쉽지 않기 때문에 수리조작 구조물들의 효과를 예상하고 조작 및 운영방법을 결정하기 어려운 실정이다. 이러한 이유로, 본 연구에서는 미계측 유역 내 축조하는 수공 구조물의 최적 설계 및 운영방법 결정을 위하여 설계홍수량과 함께 합성단위도법을 적용한 수문곡선을 적용할 수 있도록 Nash 모형을 이용하였다. 유역의 유출특성이 반영된 대표단위도를 산정하기 위해 여러 유역의 다양한 형상계수를 이용하여, 도달시간과 첨두유량에 관한 회귀식을 산정하였다. 이렇게 산정된 회귀식을 여러 형태의 유역과 강우-유출 사상에 적용하여, 미계측 유역의 특정지점에서 발생의 개연성이 충분하고 수공구조물의 설계와 효과에 가장 중요하게 영향을 미칠 수 있는 설계홍수수문곡선을 도출하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 본 연구의 결과로 나타나는 대표홍수수문곡선을 미계측 유역에 적용한다면 미지의 설계홍수량을 추정함과 동시에 설계홍수량에 상응하는 수문곡선을 도출하여 수공구조물 설계에 이용할 수 있을 것이라 기대한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.33-33
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• 2017

수문모형들은 유역차원의 저감대책 수립 및 평가에 유용하게 사용될 수 있고 이를 활용한 합리적인 예측이 가능하다. 한국의 미계측 유역에 대한 유사발생량 예측을 모델을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 예측모형의 특징은 신뢰할 수 있는 관측 자료를 활용하여 단계별 다중회귀분석을 이용하여 매개변수를 결정하였으며, 최소한의 입력자료를 이용하여 전국 규모의 연평균 유사발생량을 예측할 수 있다는 것이다. 본 연구에서 개발된 모형을 활용하여 4대강 유역의 중권역별 유사량을 추정하였다. 수자원장기 종합에서 사용한 중권역별 강우 자료를 활용하여 모의를 수행하였다. 2001년부터 2015년 까지 15년까지 모의결과 4대강 유역 전체적으로 연 강우량의 변동에 따라 유사발생량도 증감하는 패턴을 나타내고 있으며, 그 주기는 약 8년 정도로 추정되었다. 4대강 주요 중권역을 대상으로 2010년에 추정된 비유사량을 K-DRUM 예측값 및 유량조사사업단 추정값과 비교하여 모델의 활용성을 검토하였다. 유사량 예측의 불확실성을 감안할 때 본 연구에서 개발된 모델을 이용하여 1차 스크리닝 수준에서 미계측 유역에 대한 비유사량 예측이 가능할 것으로 판단되며, 향후 미계측 유역에 대한 유사관리계획 수립에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.