<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study focuses on modeling hydrological responses of shallow hillslope soil in a headwater catchment. The research is conducted using data from the experimental site Uhlířská in Jizera Mountains, Czech Republic. To compare different approaches of runoff generation modeling, three models were used: (1) one-dimensional variably saturated flow model S1D, based on the dual-continuum formulation of Richards' equation; (2) zero-dimensional nonlinear morphological element model GEOTRANSF; and (3) semi-distributed model utilizing the topographic index similarity assumption - TOPMODEL. Hillslope runoff hydrographs and soil water storage variations predicted by the simplified catchment scale models (GEOTRANSF and TOPMODEL) were compared with the respective responses generated by the more physically based local scale model S1D. Both models, GEOTRANSF and TOPMODEL, were found to predict general trends of hydrographs quite satisfactorily; however their ability to correctly predict soil water storages and inter-compartment fluxes was limited.</p></abstract>

This study focuses on modeling hydrological responses of shallow hillslope soil in a headwater catchment. The research is conducted using data from the experimental site Uhlířská in Jizera Mountains, Czech Republic. To compare different approaches of runoff generation modeling, three models were used: (1) one-dimensional variably saturated flow model S1D, based on the dual-continuum formulation of Richards' equation; (2) zero-dimensional nonlinear morphological element model GEOTRANSF; and (3) semi-distributed model utilizing the topographic index similarity assumption - TOPMODEL. Hillslope runoff hydrographs and soil water storage variations predicted by the simplified catchment scale models (GEOTRANSF and TOPMODEL) were compared with the respective responses generated by the more physically based local scale model S1D. Both models, GEOTRANSF and TOPMODEL, were found to predict general trends of hydrographs quite satisfactorily; however their ability to correctly predict soil water storages and inter-compartment fluxes was limited.

Hillslope Runoff Generation - Comparing Different Modeling Approaches

Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 7, 166 29 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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This study focuses on modeling hydrological responses of shallow hillslope soil in a headwater catchment. The research is conducted using data from the...

Hillslope Runoff Generation - Comparing Different Modeling Approaches

Published Online: Jun 14, 2012

Page range: 73 - 86

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10098-012-0007-2

Keywords
srážko-odtokové modelování, odtok ze svahu, zásoba vody v půdě, transmisivita, topografický index, Richardsova rovnice, preferenční proudění

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Hillslope Runoff Generation - Comparing Different Modeling Approaches

Published Online: Jun 14, 2012

Page range: 73 - 86

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10098-012-0007-2

Keywordssrážko-odtokové modelování, odtok ze svahu, zásoba vody v půdě, transmisivita, topografický index, Richardsova rovnice, preferenční proudění

This content is open access.

Keywords
srážko-odtokové modelování, odtok ze svahu, zásoba vody v půdě, transmisivita, topografický index, Richardsova rovnice, preferenční proudění