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GIS BASED FLOOD MODELING OF SOAN
RIVER AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION




                        By
          Muhammad Nadeem
        GIS Specialist at Survey of Pakistan
INTRODUCTION
    Background
     Importance of flooding due to rainfall

     Development of housing societies and embankments

    Objectives
     Hydraulic modeling of 100 year flood in Soan river

     Land survey for taking cross sections of the river

     Selection of best suitable height data for 1D flood modeling

     Calibration of the model and production of flood maps

     Multi-temporal satellite image classification and change detection
2
STUDY REACH




3
DATA SETS
                    DATA SETS FOR MODEL PREPARATION
        Data type                Specification             Source
      ASTER Digital                                        (GDEM)
                            30m Spatial Resolution
     Elevation Model                                       website
      SPOT 5 Image          2.5m Spatial Resolution   Survey of Pakistan
     LandSat Images         30m Spatial Resolution      USGS Website
                             Annual Instantaneous
     Discharge Data                                    SWHP, WAPDA
                                 Peak Values
                         DATA SETS FOR VALIDATION
        Data type                Specification             Source
                                                        Field Survey &
    Cross Section Data         5 Cross Sections
                                                             DEM
                                                        DD&C, E in C’s
    Flood Extent Map           1997 Flood Event
                                                          Branch
4
GENERAL METHODOLOGY
      Field Height
          Data        DEM

                            Satellite Image
      Comparison

                             Land-cover
                            Classification
     TIN Creation


                             Calibration
    Flood Frequency
        Analysis

      Time Series
     Discharge Data
                            FLOOD MAPS
5
MATERIALS AND METHODS
MATERIALS AND METHODS
     Input Datasets
       Terrain height
       Land-cover information
       Magnitude of 100 year flood
       RAS geometry


     Acquisition Methods
       Field survey
       Satellite image classification
       Flood frequency analysis
       Digitizing satellite images




7
FIELD DATA COLLECTION




8
X-Section 4
                                                  DEM VS Field Heights
                1460



                1450



                1440



                1430
Height (Feet)




                1420

                                                                                                                                   Height_Field
                1410                                                                                                               Height_DEM


                1400



                1390



                1380
                       1   3   5   7    9   11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61
                                                 Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream

                9      0 10 20         40    60   80   100   120   140   160   180   200   220   240   260   280   300   320   340 Meters
X-Section 10
                                              DEM VS Field Height
                1460

                1450

                1440

                1430

                1420
Height (Feet)




                1410

                1400
                                                                                                                                Height_Field
                1390                                                                                                            Height_DEM


                1380

                1370

                1360

                1350
                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051
                                              Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream

         10            0   30   60     120     180     240      300     360      420     480      540     600      660     720 Meters
X-Section 12
                                              DEM VS Field Height
                1440


                1430


                1420


                1410
Height (Feet)




                1400


                1390
                                                                                                                                           Height_Field
                                                                                                                                           Height_DEM
                1380


                1370


                1360


                1350
                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
                                           Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream


11                     0   30 60      120      180      240     300      360      420     480      540      600     660      720      780 Meters
X-Section 23
                                                  DEM VS Field Height
                1430

                1420

                1410

                1400

                1390
Height (Feet)




                1380

                1370

                1360                                                                                                              HEIGHT_FIELD
                                                                                                                                  HEIGHT_DEM
                1350

                1340

                1330

                1320

                1310
                       1   3   5   7   9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67
                                               Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream

        12             0 1020           40     60     80    100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280                                 Meters
X-Section 30
                                              DEM VS Field Heights
                1410



                1400



                1390
Height (Feet)




                1380



                1370                                                                                                                 HEIGHT_FIELD
                                                                                                                                     HEIGHT_DEM

                1360



                1350



                1340
                       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
                                       Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream

        13             0   15   30       60        90       120      150       180       210       240      270       300       330 Meters
DEM VS FIELD HEIGHT
      Cross     No. of Points    Mean Field      Mean DEM       Mean Height
     Section                     Height (ft)     Height (ft)    Difference (ft)
        4            62             1414            1440              26
        10           51             1403            1429              26
        12           41             1393            1418              25
        23           67             1380            1387              7
        30           39             1367            1385              18

      DEM heights were on average 21 feet higher than the field heights

      Cross section profiles’ plots were similar except at a few locations

      DEM was selected for taking cross sections for flood modeling


14
15
16
17
LAND COVER CHANGE ANALYSIS
                  1600

                                                                             1394
                  1400

                  1200         1118         1128

                                                          1016
Area (Hectares)




                  1000
                                                                       831                     842
                                                                                                     Builtup
                   800
                                                    710                                              Vegetation
                                                                                                     Water
                   600
                                                                                                     Barrenland
                                                                                    404
                   400   323


                   200                135                        147
                                                                                          65

                    0
                                1998                    2003                        2011
18                                            Year of Image Acquisition
19
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK DISCHARGE
D 100000
i 90000
s
c 80000
h 70000
a
r 60000
g
   50000
e
   40000
(




C    30000
u
s    20000
e    10000
c
s         0
)




                                                       Year
20
     Courtesy: Surface Water Hydrology Project (SWHP), WAPDA
FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS
      Extreme value type I distribution also known as Gumbel
       distribution was used for flood frequency analysis

      Magnitude of peak discharge for 100 year flood

                             118130 cusecs

      This estimate was considered acceptable because DD&C has
       had previously used 110000 cusecs




21
22
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
24
Manning Coefficient
                                .014          .035                         .014
                      1480
                                                                                           Legend

                      1475                                                           WS 100 Year

                                                                                           Ground
                      1470
                                                                                         Bank Station
                      1465
     Elevation (ft)




                      1460

                      1455

                      1450

                      1445

                      1440
                         2000          2500      3000               3500          4000

                                              Distance (ft)
25
100 YEAR FLOOD 2011 MODEL




26
27
28
29
CALIBRATED MANNING VALUES
     •   DD&C’s flood map area was 388 hectares


                                                Water      Area
           Barren land Built-up   Vegetation                         % Difference
                                               Channel   (Hectare)

Set 1         0.027      0.015      0.031       0.035      439         +13.21

Set 2         0.025      0.014      0.029       0.035      410          +5.72


     •   Calibrated model area was 5.72% greater than DD&C’s map area

     •   In other words, model result was almost 94.28% correct


30
Manning Coefficient
                                .014          .035                         .014
                      1480
                                                                                           Legend

                      1475                                                           WS 100 Year

                                                                                           Ground
                      1470
                                                                                         Embankment
                      1465
     Elevation (ft)




                                                                                         Bank Station

                      1460

                      1455

                      1450

                      1445

                      1440
                         2000          2500      3000               3500          4000

                                              Distance (ft)
31
100 YEAR FLOOD 2011 MODEL




32
33
34
35
INUNDATION RESULTS
      100 year flooding event inundated total area of 249 Hectares


           Area Class        Inundated Area       Inundated Area (Acre)
                               (Hectares)
           Barren land             70                     174
             Built-up              55                     137
           Vegetation              72                     179




36
37
38
CONCLUSIONS &
                        RECOMMENDATIONS
     •   Since large number of cross sections are required for flood modeling and it is very
         hectic and time consuming task to take them all from field survey so DEM is the best
         option for taking cross sections for flood modeling

     •   Floodplain of the river has been narrowed down due to urban developments and
         construction of protection embankments, further studies can be conducted to
         investigate issues related to floodplain management to avoid further narrowing

     •   Flood inundation maps show that already constructed protective structures can
         withstand against 100 year flood making right bank safe but some areas on the left
         bank are still under risk of inundation. Therefore, new protection structures should be
         constructed on the left bank at suggested locations to make these areas safe

     •   DTM or LIDAR data can also be used for flood modeling and floodplain management
39       studies which can enhance the accuracy and results to make them more reliable
LIMITATIONS
      Satellite images for the peak discharge days were not available for
       more reliable validation of model results

      High resolution DEM was not available, if available, too much costly.
       So it was a binding to use 30m Aster DEM only

      Lot of changes have taken place in terrain after the acquisition of
       aster DEM

      Same type of data is being maintained by various organizations, so
       getting knowledge of what data is available from where is a tough job

      Therefore, it is recommended that flood discharges should be
       observed, recorded and disseminated by a single organization



40
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Gis based flood modeling of soan river and disaster risk reduction

  • 1. GIS BASED FLOOD MODELING OF SOAN RIVER AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION By Muhammad Nadeem GIS Specialist at Survey of Pakistan
  • 2. INTRODUCTION Background  Importance of flooding due to rainfall  Development of housing societies and embankments Objectives  Hydraulic modeling of 100 year flood in Soan river  Land survey for taking cross sections of the river  Selection of best suitable height data for 1D flood modeling  Calibration of the model and production of flood maps  Multi-temporal satellite image classification and change detection 2
  • 4. DATA SETS DATA SETS FOR MODEL PREPARATION Data type Specification Source ASTER Digital (GDEM) 30m Spatial Resolution Elevation Model website SPOT 5 Image 2.5m Spatial Resolution Survey of Pakistan LandSat Images 30m Spatial Resolution USGS Website Annual Instantaneous Discharge Data SWHP, WAPDA Peak Values DATA SETS FOR VALIDATION Data type Specification Source Field Survey & Cross Section Data 5 Cross Sections DEM DD&C, E in C’s Flood Extent Map 1997 Flood Event Branch 4
  • 5. GENERAL METHODOLOGY Field Height Data DEM Satellite Image Comparison Land-cover Classification TIN Creation Calibration Flood Frequency Analysis Time Series Discharge Data FLOOD MAPS 5
  • 7. MATERIALS AND METHODS  Input Datasets  Terrain height  Land-cover information  Magnitude of 100 year flood  RAS geometry  Acquisition Methods  Field survey  Satellite image classification  Flood frequency analysis  Digitizing satellite images 7
  • 9. X-Section 4 DEM VS Field Heights 1460 1450 1440 1430 Height (Feet) 1420 Height_Field 1410 Height_DEM 1400 1390 1380 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream 9 0 10 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 Meters
  • 10. X-Section 10 DEM VS Field Height 1460 1450 1440 1430 1420 Height (Feet) 1410 1400 Height_Field 1390 Height_DEM 1380 1370 1360 1350 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream 10 0 30 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720 Meters
  • 11. X-Section 12 DEM VS Field Height 1440 1430 1420 1410 Height (Feet) 1400 1390 Height_Field Height_DEM 1380 1370 1360 1350 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream 11 0 30 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720 780 Meters
  • 12. X-Section 23 DEM VS Field Height 1430 1420 1410 1400 1390 Height (Feet) 1380 1370 1360 HEIGHT_FIELD HEIGHT_DEM 1350 1340 1330 1320 1310 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream 12 0 1020 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 Meters
  • 13. X-Section 30 DEM VS Field Heights 1410 1400 1390 Height (Feet) 1380 1370 HEIGHT_FIELD HEIGHT_DEM 1360 1350 1340 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Station Number from Left Bank to Right Bank facing Downstream 13 0 15 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 Meters
  • 14. DEM VS FIELD HEIGHT Cross No. of Points Mean Field Mean DEM Mean Height Section Height (ft) Height (ft) Difference (ft) 4 62 1414 1440 26 10 51 1403 1429 26 12 41 1393 1418 25 23 67 1380 1387 7 30 39 1367 1385 18  DEM heights were on average 21 feet higher than the field heights  Cross section profiles’ plots were similar except at a few locations  DEM was selected for taking cross sections for flood modeling 14
  • 15. 15
  • 16. 16
  • 17. 17
  • 18. LAND COVER CHANGE ANALYSIS 1600 1394 1400 1200 1118 1128 1016 Area (Hectares) 1000 831 842 Builtup 800 710 Vegetation Water 600 Barrenland 404 400 323 200 135 147 65 0 1998 2003 2011 18 Year of Image Acquisition
  • 19. 19
  • 20. INSTANTANEOUS PEAK DISCHARGE D 100000 i 90000 s c 80000 h 70000 a r 60000 g 50000 e 40000 ( C 30000 u s 20000 e 10000 c s 0 ) Year 20 Courtesy: Surface Water Hydrology Project (SWHP), WAPDA
  • 21. FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS  Extreme value type I distribution also known as Gumbel distribution was used for flood frequency analysis  Magnitude of peak discharge for 100 year flood 118130 cusecs  This estimate was considered acceptable because DD&C has had previously used 110000 cusecs 21
  • 22. 22
  • 24. 24
  • 25. Manning Coefficient .014 .035 .014 1480 Legend 1475 WS 100 Year Ground 1470 Bank Station 1465 Elevation (ft) 1460 1455 1450 1445 1440 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 Distance (ft) 25
  • 26. 100 YEAR FLOOD 2011 MODEL 26
  • 27. 27
  • 28. 28
  • 29. 29
  • 30. CALIBRATED MANNING VALUES • DD&C’s flood map area was 388 hectares Water Area Barren land Built-up Vegetation % Difference Channel (Hectare) Set 1 0.027 0.015 0.031 0.035 439 +13.21 Set 2 0.025 0.014 0.029 0.035 410 +5.72 • Calibrated model area was 5.72% greater than DD&C’s map area • In other words, model result was almost 94.28% correct 30
  • 31. Manning Coefficient .014 .035 .014 1480 Legend 1475 WS 100 Year Ground 1470 Embankment 1465 Elevation (ft) Bank Station 1460 1455 1450 1445 1440 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 Distance (ft) 31
  • 32. 100 YEAR FLOOD 2011 MODEL 32
  • 33. 33
  • 34. 34
  • 35. 35
  • 36. INUNDATION RESULTS  100 year flooding event inundated total area of 249 Hectares Area Class Inundated Area Inundated Area (Acre) (Hectares) Barren land 70 174 Built-up 55 137 Vegetation 72 179 36
  • 37. 37
  • 38. 38
  • 39. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS • Since large number of cross sections are required for flood modeling and it is very hectic and time consuming task to take them all from field survey so DEM is the best option for taking cross sections for flood modeling • Floodplain of the river has been narrowed down due to urban developments and construction of protection embankments, further studies can be conducted to investigate issues related to floodplain management to avoid further narrowing • Flood inundation maps show that already constructed protective structures can withstand against 100 year flood making right bank safe but some areas on the left bank are still under risk of inundation. Therefore, new protection structures should be constructed on the left bank at suggested locations to make these areas safe • DTM or LIDAR data can also be used for flood modeling and floodplain management 39 studies which can enhance the accuracy and results to make them more reliable
  • 40. LIMITATIONS  Satellite images for the peak discharge days were not available for more reliable validation of model results  High resolution DEM was not available, if available, too much costly. So it was a binding to use 30m Aster DEM only  Lot of changes have taken place in terrain after the acquisition of aster DEM  Same type of data is being maintained by various organizations, so getting knowledge of what data is available from where is a tough job  Therefore, it is recommended that flood discharges should be observed, recorded and disseminated by a single organization 40