Maryam Daemi; Amirreza Keshtkar; Saeed Bazgeir; Ali Afzali; Omid Kavoosi
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Hydrological drought is used to show the reduction of surface flows and the drop in the level of underground water reservoirs, lakes, and rivers. The present research was carried out to determine the basic flow index values and to check its efficiency in determining the type of flow regime and regional ...
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Hydrological drought is used to show the reduction of surface flows and the drop in the level of underground water reservoirs, lakes, and rivers. The present research was carried out to determine the basic flow index values and to check its efficiency in determining the type of flow regime and regional analysis of hydrological drought in the Halil-Rood watershed. For this purpose, three homogeneous hydrological drought zones were determined based on the threshold level and cluster analysis, and then the base flow index was calculated on a daily scale using the daily discharge data in 10 hydrometric stations in the homogeneous zones. The results showed that the regional average of the annual base flow index is 0.38 with a standard deviation of 0.193 in the long-term statistical period and the range of the base flow index is 0.12-0.29. Based on the 70th, 80th, and 90th percentiles, the river flow regime was divided into four classes, and it was found that 100% of the watershed sub-basins of the study area had an unstable regime. Also, the results of drought zoning showed that hydrological drought occurred at the threshold level of 70 in the southeast of the region in the area of the Dehroud hydrometric station and in the levels of 80 and 90 in the northwest of the region in the area of Baft and Cheshme-Arus stations. The results of the present research can be used in the assessment of underground water supply, water supply systems, irrigation management, hydrological drought monitoring, and regional models in the estimation of water resource reserves in areas without statistics.
Mohammad Golshan; Abazar Esmaili; ali afzali; Afshin Jahanshahi
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Simulation with using of computer models are developing very fast and these models are essential tools for understanding of man from the watershed and hydrological processes. In this study IHACRES and HEC-HMS rainfall runoff models was used for simulation of four flood hydrographs in Kasilian watershed ...
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Simulation with using of computer models are developing very fast and these models are essential tools for understanding of man from the watershed and hydrological processes. In this study IHACRES and HEC-HMS rainfall runoff models was used for simulation of four flood hydrographs in Kasilian watershed with area 67.8 square kilometers in Mazandaran province. To prepare the Requirements maps for running HEC-HMS model was used HEC-GeoHMS extension. Hyetograph data with 15 minutes time step and its related hydrograph was entered to two models based on 1 hour time step. Then simulation of the flood hydrograph was done based on 15 minutes time step. CP and RE% statistical coefficients was used for evaluation of models performance. Values of this coefficients using the HEC-HMS model for flood 26 November 1994 was calculated 0.72 and 118.26 respectively and for flood 6 October 1996, 0.89 and -24.63 respectively and using the implementation of IHACRES model these coefficients in the first flood was calculated 0.63 and 152.4 respectively and in the second flood 0.79 and -35.6 respectively. The results showed that both use models have acceptable performance for simulation of flood hydrograph in this area and HEC-HMS model has better performance in compared with IHACRES model.
Amir Reza Keshtkar; Behnaz Asefjah; Yusef Erfanifard; Ali Afzali
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The development and implementation of practical natural resources and catchment managementpolicies require a comprehensive knowledge of the system processes (biological, physical, andsocio-economic), their complicated interactions, and how they react to different changes. Thecurrent research assessed ...
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The development and implementation of practical natural resources and catchment managementpolicies require a comprehensive knowledge of the system processes (biological, physical, andsocio-economic), their complicated interactions, and how they react to different changes. Thecurrent research assessed the ecological, physical, and socio-economic consequences ofbiologically-based management scenarios targeting runoff and soil erosion problems in theDarenari catchment. The Darenari catchment with an approximate area of 554 ha is located in Farsprovince, Iran. Three biological activities and 8 management scenarios were considered. Ecologicalconsequences were studied using the weighted land cover area index (WLCAI). Physical effectswere investigated applying the runoff curve number (SCS-CN) hydrologic model. Economic andsocial effects were assessed applying the cost/benefit analysis as well as examining the outcomes ofa social survey. Then, a fuzzy AHP approach was applied to weigh the criteria and ultimately, thebest management option was chosen using FTOPSIS model. The results showed that social criteriawith the highest weight and scenario No 8 was the best scenario and had first priority. The resultsidicated that the multi-criteria decision making techniques included capability of expressingdifferent aspects of the problem and are the perfect tool for watershed resources management.
