Insights into storm direction effect on flood response
Abstract
In this study, we investigate the directional influence of storm movement on catchment flood peak response using the synthetic circular basin. Due to the complexity in defining storm movements that require meteorological modeling, we adopt a novel approach of combining the basin rotation method (BRM) with a circular basin construct. A systematic basin rotation approach provides a proxy for the storm direction relative to the river network topology to study its hydrologic response. Using Stage-IV rainfall with 4-km by 1-hour resolution for 16 years period from 2003 to 2018 in Iowa, U.S., we systematically analyze consequent flood peak response due to storm directions (basin rotations) using a distributed hydrologic model called the Hillslope-Link Model (HLM). HLM has demonstrated the ability to reproduce observed streamflow for real river basins studied in Iowa. The hydrologic simulation results show that the BRM can quantify the relationship between the rainstorm direction and catchment hydrologic response. Also, the maximum flood peak response is strongly dependent on the interaction of the peak of the rainstorm with the peak of the width function. The results indicate significant differences in runoff volume and runoff peak and their interannual variability due to rainstorm direction. The study has important implicationsmore »
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Environmental Sciences Division
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States). Iowa Flood Center and IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1811374
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Hydrology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 600; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-1694
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 42 ENGINEERING; Basin Rotation Method; Synthetic Basin; Directional Effect; Flood Prediction; Hillslope-Link Model
Citation Formats
Ghimire, Ganesh R., Jadidoleslam, Navid, Goska, Radoslaw, and Krajewski, Witold F. Insights into storm direction effect on flood response. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126683.
Ghimire, Ganesh R., Jadidoleslam, Navid, Goska, Radoslaw, & Krajewski, Witold F. Insights into storm direction effect on flood response. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126683
Ghimire, Ganesh R., Jadidoleslam, Navid, Goska, Radoslaw, and Krajewski, Witold F. Sat .
"Insights into storm direction effect on flood response". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126683. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1811374.
@article{osti_1811374,
title = {Insights into storm direction effect on flood response},
author = {Ghimire, Ganesh R. and Jadidoleslam, Navid and Goska, Radoslaw and Krajewski, Witold F.},
abstractNote = {In this study, we investigate the directional influence of storm movement on catchment flood peak response using the synthetic circular basin. Due to the complexity in defining storm movements that require meteorological modeling, we adopt a novel approach of combining the basin rotation method (BRM) with a circular basin construct. A systematic basin rotation approach provides a proxy for the storm direction relative to the river network topology to study its hydrologic response. Using Stage-IV rainfall with 4-km by 1-hour resolution for 16 years period from 2003 to 2018 in Iowa, U.S., we systematically analyze consequent flood peak response due to storm directions (basin rotations) using a distributed hydrologic model called the Hillslope-Link Model (HLM). HLM has demonstrated the ability to reproduce observed streamflow for real river basins studied in Iowa. The hydrologic simulation results show that the BRM can quantify the relationship between the rainstorm direction and catchment hydrologic response. Also, the maximum flood peak response is strongly dependent on the interaction of the peak of the rainstorm with the peak of the width function. The results indicate significant differences in runoff volume and runoff peak and their interannual variability due to rainstorm direction. The study has important implications for flood frequency predictions and developing flood resilience and watershed management strategies, particularly due to changing storm tracks under a warming climate.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126683},
journal = {Journal of Hydrology},
number = 1,
volume = 600,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Sat Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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