Accuracy of HEC-HMS and LBRM models in simulating snow runoffs in Upper Euphrates Basin

Search Swinburne Research Bank

Home

List of Titles

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/207460

Check Swinburne's subscriptions for full text availability

Title: Accuracy of HEC-HMS and LBRM models in simulating snow runoffs in Upper Euphrates Basin
Author(s): Yilmaz, Abdullah Gokhan; Imteaz, Monzur Alam; Ogwuda, Olisanwendu
Abstract: Forecasting streamflow is extremely significant in hydrological studies to optimize the operation of water resources systems. Upper Euphrates Basin, which is located in eastern Turkey, is a snow dominated basin and its runoff is largely affected by snowmelt. Snowmelt is an important water resource to many aspects of hydrology including water supply, flood control and erosion. Selection of a suitable tool was necessary to assess potential impacts of climate change on hydrological cycle of this region. Hydrologic models are useful tools for the prediction of runoffs and interactions among hydrological variables within hydrologic cycle. Due to limited data availability, lumped conceptual hydrological models are often used, instead of distributed hydrological models. To assess the accuracy of lumped conceptual hydrological models, this paper presents simulation results of snowmelt runoffs of Upper Euphrates Basin by using two models, which use the temperature index approach to calculate snowmelt process. The Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) and Large Basin Runoff Model (LBRM) were used for this purpose.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
Source: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 17, no. 2 (Feb 2012), pp. 342-347
Publication year: 2012
FOR Code(s): 0905 Civil Engineering
Keyword(s): Conceptual models; HEC-HMS; Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrologic Modeling System; Large Basin Runoff Model; LBRM; Snowmelt runoffs; Turkey; Upper Euphrates Basin
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
ISSN: 1084-0699
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000442
Peer reviewed