Coupled surface runoff and subsurface flow model for catchment simulations
| dc.contributor.author | Bixio, Anna Chiara | |
| dc.contributor.author | Orlandini, Stefano | |
| dc.contributor.author | Paniconi, Claudio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Putti, Mario | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-16T08:33:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-06-16T08:33:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A distributed catchment scale numerical model for the simulation of coupled surface runoff and subsurface flow is presented. Starting from rainfall (evaporation) records, the model first determines the infiltration (exfiltration) rates in the soil, by evaluation of the soil field capacity at the specific conditions as calculated from the three-dimensional solution of the variably-saturated groundwater flow model (Richards’ equation). The flow rate that remains or returns to the surface, the so called overland flow, is then routed via a diffusion wave surface runoff model based on a Muskingum-Cunge scheme with variable parameters. Both hillslope and channel flow are described, and a special algorithm is used for the simulation of pools/lakes effects on storm-flow response. The importance of including detailed subsurface flow description in catchment simulations is shown on a simple testcase characterized by the presence of a central depression. | IT |
| dc.description.pagenumber | 583-591 | IT |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9789074134767 | IT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11050/1019 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | IT |
| dc.publisher | Wageningen Press | IT |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Modelling of transport processes in soils at various scales in time and space: international workshop of EurAgEng's field of interest on soil and water : 24-26 November 1999, Leuven (Belgium) | IT |
| dc.subject | Richards equation | IT |
| dc.subject | digital elevation model (DEM) | IT |
| dc.subject | catchment scale | IT |
| dc.subject | rainfall | IT |
| dc.subject.een-cordis | EEN CORDIS::PROTEZIONE DELL'UOMO E DELL'AMBIENTE ::Ambiente::Inquinamento delle acque / trattamento | IT |
| dc.subject.een-cordis | EEN CORDIS::FISICA E SCIENZE ESATTE::Matematica, statistica::Modellazione matematica | IT |
| dc.title | Coupled surface runoff and subsurface flow model for catchment simulations | IT |
| dc.type | Contributo in un libro | IT |