Contributions of direct runoff and baseflow to Korean rivers |
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학술지명 2015 SWGIC
저자 임경재,정영훈,황의호,채효석
발표일 2015-11-03
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Direct runoff and baseflow in Korean rivers have been affected by climate change and urbanization (Chung et al., 2011). Accordingly, changes of hydrologic components in a watershed have propagated to the contributions of direct runoff and baseflow to streamflow. Understanding river characteristics, including direct runoff and baseflow, can make a significant contribution to smart water grid toward high efficiency in water management. In this regard, two objectives of this study are: 1) to develop the web-based Bflow system to extend accessibility and applicability of baseflow separation; and 2) to quantify the contributions of baseflow and direct runoff to streamflow in Korean rivers at the national level. To achieve these objectives, all streamflow gauge station in Korea were investigated to find data available for baseflow separation (figure 1) and then baseflow separation was conducted by the developed web-based BFlow system. As a result, Korean rivers has baseflow index (BFI) from 0.28 to 0.89 for 254 streamflow gauge stations. In addition, gauge stations with a BFI greater than 0.5 were 64% of a total stations. Furthermore, this study found that BFI is inversely proportional to the coefficient of variation of streamflow. These findings will help to strategically control rivers and improve the efficiency and safety of river management at the national level. |