Long-Term Runoff Simulation in Gamcheon Watershed using SWAT and K-DRUM Models |
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학술지명 ISRLE
저자 노준우,펠릭스,허영택,이상진
발표일 2014-11-06
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Gamcheon river has a length of 69 km and a catchment area of 1,004 km2. It composes 4.3% of the Nakdong watershed, second of the four largest watersheds in South Korea. The watershed is located at 127°52’ 32”~128°21’ 10” longitude and 35°50’ 52”~36°18’ 11” latitude. Gamcheon watershed is situated within Gyeongsangbuk-do administrative district and includes Gimcheon and Gumi Cities. One national river and 17 local streams composes the watershed. Due to the aggravating effects of climate change and rapid urbanization, the occurrence of extreme rainfall events and social damages are inevitable. Such events includes torrential rainfall, which frequently results to water disasters such as flood inundations. In year 2003, Typhoon ‘Maemi’ caused extensive damages on both life and properties. The hydrological characteristic of the watershed shows that the streamflow are concentrated during summer season, annually, with large fluctuations. Therefore, the Korean government constructed Buhang Dam to reduce the risks of flood inundations. The dam is situated at the upstream of the watershed, and thus manages only 7.2% of the total catchment area of Gamcheon watershed. Due to these circumstances, the continuous occurrence of downstream flood inundations should be managed. Therefore, this study aims to determine the feasibility of constructing a new dam, Daedeok flood mitigating dam, in the upstream of Gamcheon watershed. In this study, the assessment on the accuracy of SWAT and K-DRUM models for simulating streamflow from year 2000 to 2011. The average coefficient of determination (r2), for SWAT and K-DRUM, were 0.78 and 0.85, respectively. Based from these results, both models are capable of simulating streamflows which can be used to assess the hydrological condition of Gamcheon watershed. Furthermore, the results of the simulations from SWAT and K-DRUM will be used to determine the hydrological effects of Buhang Dam and the suggested construction of Daedeok Dam on downstream |