This Ph.D. dissertation aimed to evaluate and improve the distributed HBV hydrological model, integrate a glacier retreat model into HBV for climate change studies, and use the upgraded model to project water resources under climate change in Himalayan basins. The author implemented routing algorithms in HBV, compared different routing methods, and found that hillslope routing improved model performance the most. Additional studies examined how increasing model complexity affected results and integrated a glacier retreat model into HBV. Application of the upgraded model to Himalayan basins projected significant warming, uncertainty in precipitation changes, and declining water availability due to climate change and population growth.
landform is a natural or artificial feature of the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. The Study area located between Latitude 15º54′2′′ N to 16º16′19′′ N Latitude and 76º48′40′′ E to77º4′21′′ E Longitude. The study area covers an area of 466.02 km2, having maximum length of 36.5 km.The study of hypsometric properties of watershed using hypsometric integral (HI) and hypsometric curve retrieved in that, HI value is 0.51 and hence watershed falls under the Mature Stage
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SUKE SUB-WATERSHED OF TAWA RESERVOIR CATCHMENT AREA ...Journal For Research
The study area covers 732.95 Km2 in suke sub-watershed of Tawa reservoir catchment area of Hoshangabad, Bhopal (M.P.). the drainage network of suke sub watershed and measurement of Linear, Aereal and Relief aspects of basin by digitized using remote sensing and GIS techniques. The drainage network shows that the terrain exhibits dendritic drainage pattern. Stream order ranges from one to sixth order. The drainage density in the area 2.06km/km.2 belong to moderate category.Stream frequency in the area 2.82 and texture ratio 4.08 is range to belong moderate condition. The form factor indicate the sub watershed are less elongated in shape. The high value of circulatory ration the sub watershed is characterize by high to moderate relief and drainage system structurally controlled but the study area Rc is less than .50 indicating they are less elongated in shape.
landform is a natural or artificial feature of the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. The Study area located between Latitude 15º54′2′′ N to 16º16′19′′ N Latitude and 76º48′40′′ E to77º4′21′′ E Longitude. The study area covers an area of 466.02 km2, having maximum length of 36.5 km.The study of hypsometric properties of watershed using hypsometric integral (HI) and hypsometric curve retrieved in that, HI value is 0.51 and hence watershed falls under the Mature Stage
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SUKE SUB-WATERSHED OF TAWA RESERVOIR CATCHMENT AREA ...Journal For Research
The study area covers 732.95 Km2 in suke sub-watershed of Tawa reservoir catchment area of Hoshangabad, Bhopal (M.P.). the drainage network of suke sub watershed and measurement of Linear, Aereal and Relief aspects of basin by digitized using remote sensing and GIS techniques. The drainage network shows that the terrain exhibits dendritic drainage pattern. Stream order ranges from one to sixth order. The drainage density in the area 2.06km/km.2 belong to moderate category.Stream frequency in the area 2.82 and texture ratio 4.08 is range to belong moderate condition. The form factor indicate the sub watershed are less elongated in shape. The high value of circulatory ration the sub watershed is characterize by high to moderate relief and drainage system structurally controlled but the study area Rc is less than .50 indicating they are less elongated in shape.
Slides for the eLearning course Separation and purification processes in biorefineries (https://open-learn.xamk.fi) in IMPRESS project (https://www.spire2030.eu/impress).
Section: Mass transfer processes
Subject: 2.1 Overview
Examination of Total Precipitable Water using MODIS measurements and Comparis...inventionjournals
In this research, precipitable water vapor, as the most effective character in the production of biomass is estimated using remote sensing techniques. Total Precipitable Water (TPW) was estimated using measurements in the Near Infrared bands of the MODIS. To examine the level of confidence in TPW deriving, a simultaneous in situ measurement by Radiosonde and ground-based Global Positioning System (GPS) was carried out. The TPW as results in Radiosonde and GPS was accomplished using the relevant physical equations and base on wet delay troposphere, respectively. Results showed a high correlation among the values of TPW derived from MODIS banding ratio, Radiosonde and GPS data at the Mehrabad station. Also, Using the ratio of the apparent reflectance in the water vapor absorption band to reflectance in non-absorbing band, the atmospheric water vapor transparency was mapped, that the maps showed a high correlation between apparent reflectance and TPW MODIS as their statistical results showed an inverse negative relationship(R²= -0.97).
Prioritization of watershed has picked up significance in watershed management. Morphometic analysis is been commonly applied to prioritize the watershed. In the present study two mini watersheds in Raichur city have been considered Mini-watershed 1 with an area of 519.32 km2 with highest order stream of 6 Mini -Watershed 2 with an area of 360.97 km2 with highest order stream of 5. There are Seven Subwatersheds in both the Mini-watersheds. Various morphometric parameters namely Bifurcation ratio(Rb), Drainage density(Dd), Stream frequency(Ns), Texture ratio(T), Form factor(Rf), Circularity ratio(Rc), Elongation Ratio(Re), length of overland flow, shape factor(Bs), compactness ratio (Cc) has been determined for each subwatershed and allotted position on premise of relationship as to arrive at a Compound value for final ranking of subwatershed. The morphometric parameters ranges between Rb (2.95-5.50), Dd (1.218-1.373), Ns (0.890-1.182), T (0.731-1.590), Rf (0.230-0.850), Rc (0.246-0.500), Re (0.55-1.04), Cc (1.40-1.83), Lof (0.364-0.411), and Bs (1.17-4.20). It is found that in Mini-watershed 1 50.87% of area falls under Very high Priority category 32.94% under high, 8.96% under medium and 7.23% under very low priority category and in Mini-watershed 2 20.34% of area falls under very high, 19.82% under high and 59.84% under medium priority category.
Morphometric analysis of a vrishabhavathi sub watershed upstream side of gali...eSAT Publishing House
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
Modelling Fault Reactivation, Induced Seismicity, and Leakage During Underground CO2 Injection, Jonny Rutquvist - Geophysical Modelling for CO2 Storage, Leeds, 3 November 2015
Slides for the eLearning course Separation and purification processes in biorefineries (https://open-learn.xamk.fi) in IMPRESS project (https://www.spire2030.eu/impress).
Section: Mass transfer processes
Subject: 2.1 Overview
Examination of Total Precipitable Water using MODIS measurements and Comparis...inventionjournals
In this research, precipitable water vapor, as the most effective character in the production of biomass is estimated using remote sensing techniques. Total Precipitable Water (TPW) was estimated using measurements in the Near Infrared bands of the MODIS. To examine the level of confidence in TPW deriving, a simultaneous in situ measurement by Radiosonde and ground-based Global Positioning System (GPS) was carried out. The TPW as results in Radiosonde and GPS was accomplished using the relevant physical equations and base on wet delay troposphere, respectively. Results showed a high correlation among the values of TPW derived from MODIS banding ratio, Radiosonde and GPS data at the Mehrabad station. Also, Using the ratio of the apparent reflectance in the water vapor absorption band to reflectance in non-absorbing band, the atmospheric water vapor transparency was mapped, that the maps showed a high correlation between apparent reflectance and TPW MODIS as their statistical results showed an inverse negative relationship(R²= -0.97).
Prioritization of watershed has picked up significance in watershed management. Morphometic analysis is been commonly applied to prioritize the watershed. In the present study two mini watersheds in Raichur city have been considered Mini-watershed 1 with an area of 519.32 km2 with highest order stream of 6 Mini -Watershed 2 with an area of 360.97 km2 with highest order stream of 5. There are Seven Subwatersheds in both the Mini-watersheds. Various morphometric parameters namely Bifurcation ratio(Rb), Drainage density(Dd), Stream frequency(Ns), Texture ratio(T), Form factor(Rf), Circularity ratio(Rc), Elongation Ratio(Re), length of overland flow, shape factor(Bs), compactness ratio (Cc) has been determined for each subwatershed and allotted position on premise of relationship as to arrive at a Compound value for final ranking of subwatershed. The morphometric parameters ranges between Rb (2.95-5.50), Dd (1.218-1.373), Ns (0.890-1.182), T (0.731-1.590), Rf (0.230-0.850), Rc (0.246-0.500), Re (0.55-1.04), Cc (1.40-1.83), Lof (0.364-0.411), and Bs (1.17-4.20). It is found that in Mini-watershed 1 50.87% of area falls under Very high Priority category 32.94% under high, 8.96% under medium and 7.23% under very low priority category and in Mini-watershed 2 20.34% of area falls under very high, 19.82% under high and 59.84% under medium priority category.
Morphometric analysis of a vrishabhavathi sub watershed upstream side of gali...eSAT Publishing House
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology
Modelling Fault Reactivation, Induced Seismicity, and Leakage During Underground CO2 Injection, Jonny Rutquvist - Geophysical Modelling for CO2 Storage, Leeds, 3 November 2015
Streamflow simulation using radar-based precipitation applied to the Illinois...Alireza Safari
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river basin above Tahlequah hydrometry station with 30-m spatial resolution and one hour time--step for a total simulation period of 6 years. Rainfall inputs are derived from radar. The distributed model parameters are based on an extensive database of watershed characteristics available for the region, including digital maps of DEM, soil type, and land use. The model is calibrated and validated on part of the river flow records. The simulated hydrograph shows a good correspondence with observation (Nash efficiency coeffiecient >80%, indicating that the model is able to simulate the relevant hydrologic processes in the basin accurately.
SyQwest Bathy-2010 Sub Bottom Profiler used in Tarbela Reservoir StudySyQwest Inc.
Hydrographic echo sounders are used to measure the depth to the seafloor by using the properties of acoustic waves. The principle of echo-sounders is basic - by measuring the two-way travel time between the acoustic waves transmitted on sea surface and those reflected at seafloor.
In this study, an integrated approach for hydrographic surveying is introduced and evaluated in terms of its efficiency in comparison with the traditional methods of hydrographic surveying. The approach develops an integrated environment of hydrographic surveying comprising human, hardware and software. The process of surveying starts from in-house planning using specialized geo-spatial softwares. Then, on site a combination of computer hardware, echosounder, differential global positioning system (DGPS), survey vessel and survey crew is made. Post-processing is performed after conducting a survey in order to improve quality of data by filtering errors and producing the end product like reservoir underwater terrain, development of reservoir stage-area and stage-storage relationships, etc. The study was applied to Tarbela Reservoir, Pakistan.
In the agroecological zone of the Biemso basin in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, soil erodibility
and rainfall erosivity patterns were estimated. The study aimed at investigating the temporal
variability of rainfall erosivity using the Fournier Index Method and assessing the soil
erodibility parameters of a Sawah site using the WEPP model. Four plots representing the
major land uses in the area for maize, oil palm, natural vegetation and plantain cultivation
were selected. Results showed that soil organic matter content ranged from 1.95 to 5.52%;
sand ranged from 14.34 to 31.86 %; silt ranged from 31.63 to 68.77%; clay ranged from 16.04
to 20.08% and very fine sand from 3.38 to 8.84%. The derived interrill erodibility (Ki) values
ranged from 44.26 to 51.70 kg s m-4 under all land uses considered at the study site and soils
in the study area were moderately resistant to erosion by raindrops. The derived rill erodibility
(Kr) values ranged from 0.005 to 0.012 s m-1 under all land uses considered at the study site.
Rill erodibility values were higher at the foot slopes under all land uses except under Oil Palm
land use. Rainfall values exceeded the 20-25 mm threshold value for erosive rains. Erosivity
values determined for the study site revealed a moderate erosion risk in the major rainy season
(April-July); low erosion risk in the minor rainy season (August-October ) and very low erosion
risk in the dry season (November-March). It is recommended that soil and land management
practices that would reduce water erosion during the major rainy season should be implemented
such as bunding, mulching and contour farming.
Presentation given by Darius Bazazi, GeoPlace, as part of the EDINA Geoforum 2014 event on Thursday 19th June 2014 at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh.
This study explains the use of remote sensing data for spatially distributed hydrological modeling using the MIKE-SHE software used in Tarim River Basin CHINA
DSD-INT 2016 Regional groundwater flow systems in the Kenya Rift Valley - Mur...Deltares
Presentation by Patrick Murunga Wakhungu (University of Twente) at the iMOD International User Day, during Delft Software Days 2016. Tuesday 1 November 2016, Delft.
3D flow patterns at the river–aquifer interface - a case study at Cikapundung...Dasapta Erwin Irawan
The three-dimensional groundwater flow patterns in the riverbank of Cikapundung were investigated and are discussed in this paper. The observed groundwater level gradients are highly dynamic and respond very quickly to changes in the river water levels. A variably saturated groundwater model was calibrated to the data to describe the complex dynamics of flow in the riverbank. The model results suggest that short-term (6–48 h) fluctuations of river water levels cause variations in the exchange flow rates from −35 l/s to 82 l/s. The highest rates occur during brief infiltration after rapidly rising river water levels. Simulations of different scenarios indicate that riverbank clogging will decrease the exchange fluxes by up to 80%, while clogging of both riverbank and riverbed essentially stops the flow exchange, due to the thin layers of clays and lavas at various spots. The groundwater model is also used to simulate the transport of a conservative tracer. The variation of river water levels over time is shown to increase the extent of the active river–aquifer mixing zone in the riverbank. These dynamic factors significantly enhance the dilution of conservative tracer concentrations in this zone.
DSD-INT 2019 Lake Kivu - 3D hydrodynamic modelling of a deep and strongly str...Deltares
Presentation by Wouter Kranenburg, Deltares, at the Delft3D - User Days (Day 2: Hydrodynamics), during Delft Software Days - Edition 2019. Tuesday, 12 November 2019, Delft.
Increasing interest by governments worldwide on reducing CO2 released into the atmosphere form a nexus of of opportunity with enhanced oil recovery which could benefit mature oil fields in nearly every country. Overall approximately two-thirds of original oil in place (OOIP) in mature conventional oil fields remains after primary or primary/secondary recovery efforts have taken place. CO2 enhanced oil recovery (CO2 EOR) has an excellent record of revitalizing these mature plays and can dramatically increase ultimate recovery. Since the first CO2 EOR project was initiated in 1972, more than 154 additional projects have been put into operation around the world and about two-thirds are located in the Permian basin and Gulf coast regions of the United States. While these regions have favorable geologic and reservoir conditions for CO2 EOR, they are also located near large natural sources of CO2.
In recent years an increasing number of projects have been developed in areas without natural supplies, and have instead utilized captured CO2 from a variety of anthropogenic sources including gas processing plants, ethanol plants, cement plants, and fertilizer plants. Today approximately 36% of active CO2 EOR projects utilize gas that would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere. Interest world-wide has increased, including projects in Canada, Brazil, Norway, Turkey, Trinidad, and more recently, and perhaps most significantly, in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. About 80% of all energy used in the world comes from fossil fuels, and many industrial and manufacturing processes generate CO2 that can be captured and used for EOR. In this 30 minute presentation a brief history of CO2 EOR is provided, implications for utilizing captured carbon are discussed, and a demonstration project is introduced with an overview of characterization, modeling, simulation, and monitoring actvities taking place during injection of more than a million metric tons (~19 Bcf) of anthropogenic CO2 into a mature waterflood.
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DSD-INT 2019 A new hydrological modelling framework for the Rhine - van Osnab...Deltares
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2. OUTLINE
Part I
• Motivation & Objectives
• Study Area & Data
• Methodology
Part II
• Paper I: Li, H. et al., 2014. Implementation and testing of routing algorithms in the distributed HBV model for mountainous
catchments. Hydrology Research, 45(3), pp.322–333.
• Paper II: Li, H. et al., 2015. How much can we gain with increasing model complexity with the same model concepts? Journal of
Hydrology, 527, pp.858–871.
• Paper III: Li, H. et al., 2015. Integrating a glacier retreat model into a hydrological model – Case studies of three glacierised
catchments in Norway and Himalayan region. Journal of Hydrology, 527, pp.656–667.
• Paper IV: Li, H. et al., 2015. Water Resources under Climate Change of Himalayan Basins. Water Resources Management,
submitted.
Publications
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3. MOTIVATION
Hydrological models are important tools for climate change
impact studies.
Distributed hydrological models are prevalent in research
but not widely used in operational hydrology.
Glaciers are very sensitive to climate change and they have
affected the regional hydrological regime, but few
hydrological models can reproduce glacier processes.
Reliable water resources projections are essential to society
development.
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4. OBJECTIVES
Evaluate and improve the distributed HBV model.
Implement a suitable routing methods in the HBV model.
Integrate a glacier model in the HBV model in glacierised
areas for climate change studies.
Use the upgraded model for water resources projections.
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5. STUDY AREA & DATA
Four basins are used
• Glomma Basin in Norway
• Nigardsbreen Basin in Norway
• Beas Basin in India
• Chamkhar Chhu Basin in Bhutan
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6. STUDY AREA & DATA—Glomma Basin
Glomma Basin
• 41,963 km2; ~15 % of Norway
• P: 720 mm/year; T: 2.9 ◦C
Losna Sub-basin
• 11,213 km2; 1158 m amsl; 11.8◦
Norsfoss Sub-basin
• 18,923 km2; 732 m amsl; 6.7◦
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Location of the Glomma Basin
7. STUDY AREA & DATA—Glomma Basin
Norsfoss Sub-basin
• 18,923 km2; 732 m amsl; 6.7◦
• 7 discharge stations
• 3 snow pillows
• 7 groundwater piezometers
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Locations of stations in the Norsfoss Basin
8. STUDY AREA & DATA—Nigardsbreen Basin
Nigardsbreen Basin
• The Nigardsbreen station
• Western Norway
• 65 km2;
• P: 3736 mm/year; T: -0.47 ◦C
• 72.8% covered by glaciers
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Map of the Nigardsbreen Basin
9. STUDY AREA & DATA—Himalayan Basins
Beas Basin
• The Bhuntar station
• Northern India
• 3202 km2;
• P: 1116 mm/year; T: -1.04 ◦C
• 32.7% covered by glaciers
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Map of the Beas Basin
10. STUDY AREA & DATA—Himalayan Basins
Chamkhar Chhu Basin
• The Kurjey station
• Central Bhutan
• 1353 km2;
• P: 1786 mm/year; T: 1.75 ◦C
• 15.0% covered by glaciers
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Map of the Chamkhar Chhu Basin
16. OUTLINE
Part I
• Motivation & Objectives
• Study Area & Data
• Methodology
Part II
• Paper I: Li, H. et al., 2014. Implementation and testing of routing algorithms in the distributed HBV model for mountainous
catchments. Hydrology Research, 45(3), pp.322–333.
• Paper II: Li, H. et al., 2015. How much can we gain with increasing model complexity with the same model concepts? Journal of
Hydrology, 527, pp.858–871.
• Paper III: Li, H. et al., 2015. Integrating a glacier retreat model into a hydrological model – Case studies of three glacierised
catchments in Norway and Himalayan region. Journal of Hydrology, 527, pp.656–667.
• Paper IV: Li, H. et al., 2015. Water Resources under Climate Change of Himalayan Basins. Water Resources Management,
submitted.
Publications
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18. PAPER I
Objectives
• Compare the routing methods in the Norwegian context.
• Improve the HBV model by implementing routing function.
• Obtain a complete distributed HBV model.
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19. PAPER I
Methods: 6 model variants
• LBand: semi-distributed model with elevation bands
• Direct0: grid-based model; no routing
• DirectM: grid-based model; Muskingum-Cunge
• NRF: grid-based model; source-to-sink method
• Drain0: grid-based model; hillslope routing
• DrainM: grid-based model
hillslope routing and Muskingum-Cunge
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20. PAPER I
Results
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Losna Norsfoss
Model performance of the model variants
1981-1990
1991-2010
NSE = 𝟏 −
𝒊=𝟏
𝒊=𝒏
(𝑺𝒊 − 𝑶𝒊) 𝟐
𝒊=𝟏
𝒊=𝒏
(𝑶𝒊 − 𝑶) 𝟐
NSE
NSE
21. PAPER I
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Travel time calculated by the NRF method
Results
• The response time calculated
by NRF is a function of slope
and distance.
• Most runoff drains the basin
within two days.
• The Losna sub-basin has a
faster response than the
Norsfoss sub-basin.
22. PAPER I
Conclusions
• Grid-based models are better than the semi-distributed model.
• The routing methods improve the grid-based models.
• The hillslope routing makes the most significant improvements.
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24. PAPER II
Objectives
• Examine the model performance more deeply by including interior
points and internal variables.
• Does higher model complexity lead to better performance?
• Investigate effects of spatial discretisation and process description on
model performance.
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25. Methods: 5 model variants
• LWhole: lumped model
• SBand: semi-distributed with elevation bands
• GRZero: grid-based model; no routing
• GROne: grid-based model; hillslope routing
• GRTwo: grid-based model; hillslope and channel routing
PAPER II
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26. PAPER II
Results: Runoff
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Monthly mean runoff simulations by the five model variants.
27. PAPER II
Results: Runoff
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-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
158 377 463 550 1646 15447 18933
NSE
Area (km2)
Average
LWhole
SBand
GRZero
GROne
GRTwo
Model performance at all discharge stations
𝑵𝑺𝑬 = 𝟏 −
𝒊=𝟏
𝒊=𝒏
(𝑺𝒊 − 𝑶𝒊) 𝟐
𝒊=𝟏
𝒊=𝒏
(𝑶𝒊 − 𝑶) 𝟐
28. PAPER II
Results: groundwater
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Model performance at three grid-based models in simulating groundwater measurements
R= 𝒊=𝟏
𝒊=𝒏
𝑶 𝒊− 𝑶 𝑺 𝒊− 𝑺
𝒊=𝟏
𝒊=𝒏 𝑶 𝒊− 𝑶 𝟐
𝒊=𝟏
𝒊=𝒏 𝑺 𝒊− 𝑺 𝟐
29. PAPER II
Conclusions
• The model performance in runoff simulation improve with more
complexity, particularly in the low flow.
• The model performance at the interior points increases with larger
area.
• The models are similar in reproducing the internal variables, such as
evaporation, snow and groundwater.
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31. PAPER III
Objectives
• Glaciers have significantly affected the regional hydrological regime.
• Static assumptions of glaciers are not valid in changing climate.
• Integrate a glacier retreat model into the HBV model for climate change
studies.
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34. PAPER III
Results: Nigardsbreen
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Annual mass balance simulation of Nigardsbreen
35. PAPER III
Conclusions
• The HBV model with Δh-parameterisation can reproduce the
hydrological and glacial processes.
• The model with easily accessible input data can be applied in large
areas for climate change studies.
• The data quality plays an important role in model application.
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36. PAPER IV
Water Resources under Climate Change
in Himalayan Basins
Water Resources Management, submitted
Objectives
• Glaciers are essential in the water resources system.
• Climate change has posed urgent tasks for water resources in
Himalayan region.
• Reliable water resources projections are essential to society
development.
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38. PAPER IV
Results: Future Climate
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Ten-year moving average of annual temperature and precipitation of the Chamkhar Chhu Basin
39. PAPER IV
Results: Water Resources
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Chamkhar Chhu Beas
Water resources per capita in the future
40. PAPER IV
Conclusions
• There is significant warming in the Himalayan region and the
warming effects are more obvious with higher CO2 emissions.
• There is large uncertainty in precipitation projections.
• Less water is available due to climate change and population growth.
• Population growth is roughly responsible for 40% of the decline in
water availability.
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41. PUBLICATIONS
1. H. Li, S. Beldring & C-Y Xu. Implementation and testing of routing algorithms in the distributed
HBV model for mountainous catchments. Hydrology Research. 2014, (45) 3:322–333. doi:
10.2166/nh.2013.009.
2. H. Li, C-Y Xu & S. Beldring. How much can we gain with increasing degree of model complexity?
Journal of Hydrology. 2015, 527: 858-871. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.044.
3. H. Li, S. Beldring, C-Y Xu, M. Huss, K. Melvold & S. Jain. Integrating a glacier retreat model into a
hydrological model -- case studies on three glacierised catchments in Norway and Himalayan region,
Journal of Hydrology. 2015, 527: 656-667. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.017
4. H. Li, S. Beldring & C-Y Xu. Stability of model performance and parameter values on two catchments
facing changes in climatic conditions, Hydrological Sciences Journal.
doi:10.1080/02626667.2014.978333.
5. H. Li, S. Beldring & C-Y Xu. Effects of distribution level of hydrological models in mountainous
catchments. Redbook (IAHS Publ. 360, 2013).
6. H. Li, S. Beldring, C-Y Xu & J. Sharad. Modelling runoff and its components in Himalayan basins.
Redbook 2014 (IAHS Publ. 363).
7. H. Li, C-Y Xu, S. Beldring, L. Tallaksen & S. Jain. Water Resources under Climate Change of
Himalayan Basins, Water Resources Management.
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Editor's Notes
Thank you and welcome to my defense. The title is “Hydrological Modelling of Mountainous and Glacierised regions under Changing Climate”. My supervisors are Professor Chongyu Xu and Lena Tallaksen in the University of Oslo and Senior Researcher Stein Beldring in the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.
My presentation mainly includes two parts, the thesis and four papers. This thesis builds on two types of basins, two in Norway and two in the Himalaya. They are classified as mountainous catchments. The hydrology regime is greatly influenced by snow and glaciers.
The four paper show the details of the research. The first two papers are about routing in Norwegian basins. They are published in Hydrology Research and Journal of Hydrology. The remaining papers are implementing a glacier routine into the HBV model and using it in projecting water resources.
The research is under the scope of hydrological modelling. One purpose is to improve the HBV model used in Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate for discharge forecasting.
Another purpose is to improve hydrological modelling under changing climate. Climate change has significantly changed the hydrological regime in the glacierised basins. They are located in the high mountains or high latitude. But the current hydrological models do not have a proper glacier module.
My goal is to improve the HBV model for discharge simulation and its capability in changing climate situation, more exactly in glacierised basins.
This objective is achieved by implementing routing methods and a glacier module for the distributed HBV model.
I will show the four basins and the methods.
The two Norwegian basins are the Glomma Basin and the Nigardsbreen Basin. The Himalayan basins are the Beas Basin and the Chamkhar Chhu Basin. They are respectively located in northern India and central Bhutan. I will show the fours basins by order.
The Glomma basin is located in central southern Norway. The drainage area is up more than forty thousand square kilometres and it is almost 15% of the area of Norway. The annual precipitation is 720 millimetres per year. The mean annual air temperature is 2.9 centigrade.
Two sub-catchments with large sizes are selected. For the western branch, the area above the Losna gauging station is 11 thousand square kilometres, and with a high and steep landscape. For the eastern branch, the area above the Norsfoss gauging station is 18 thousand square kilometres. It is relative low and flat.
In the Norsfoss subbasin, there are seven discharge stations, three snow pillows and seven ground piezometers. Their measurements are also used to evaluate the models.
The input precipitation and temperature are ‘SeNoroge’ datasets. They are daily maps in 1 kilometer, interpolated from weather station measurements. Other data, such as land cover are from NVE.
The Nigardsbreen Basin is located western Norway. The basin has a small area, but with a large range of elevation and glacier coverage. The highest point is 1,957 m and the lowest in only 285 m. About 73% of the basin area is covered by ice.
The mean annual air temperature is below zero and the mean annual precipitation reaches 3,736 millimetres per year, with a large amount falling in winter as snow. Streamflow is largely determined by melting of snow and ice in the warm period of the year.
The data source is also the “SeNorge” 1 kilometer grid data. Since this basin is quite small and the model resolution is 100 meters. The areal mean value is assigned to a virtual station located at the center of the basin.
Other data, such as discharge, annual mass balance data and elevation maps are from NVE.
The Himalaya is one of the most sensitive regions to climate change. This area is still called a “white spot” in the IPCC Third Assessment Report.
The Beas River lies in the west Himalaya. It is an important branch of the Indus River system. The area above the Bhuntar station is 3,202 square kilometres. The area in light green is occupied by permanent snow and glaciers. It is around 30 percent of the total area.
The mean annual precipitation is 1,116 millimetres per year and the mean annual air temperature is -1.04 centigrade.
There are three meteorological stations, shown by the red dots. Two of the stations are located in the selected area, one at the north valley and one at the outlet.
The Chamkhar Chhu basin is located in central Bhutan. The basin area above the Kurjey station is 1,353 square kilometres. The northern part above 4,000 m is mainly covered by glaciers, account for 15 percent of the total area.
The climate is strongly influenced by monsoon and it varies from the southeast to the northwest. The mean annual precipitation is 1,786 millimetres per year and the mean annual air temperature is 1.7 centigrade. The monsoon normally starts in June and lasts until early September. It brings significant amounts of rainfall and warm weather.
There are seven weather stations; however none of them lies inside the basin. Their measurements are interpolated by the inverse distance weighting method considering elevation.
I have gone through the study area and data. Now we are heading to the methodology and results part.
Firstly I will talk about the HBV model, which is also the basis. Then I will show two types of routing methods and the glacier model.
The HBV model is a conceptual model. The main inputs are temperature and precipitation at a daily time step. Surface elevation, land use and soil data can be used to derive parameters.
The model version used is from the NVE. It is a grid-based model. The model performs the water balance calculations for every grid. Runoff at basin outlet is the sum of all runoff from all grids. The evaporation is calculated based on the potential capacity and soil moisture. Snow and ice-melting is calculated by a degree-day method.
The glacier extent is assumed constant. The runoff dynamics are simulated by two groundwater storages, the upper zone and lower zone. The upper zone is a non-linear reservoir and the lower zone is a linear reservoir.
As we can see, there is a need to implement a routing module and upgrade the glacier representation. I will talk about them in order.
Routing is to predict the changes of hydrograph at different places in a water path due to water movement. Take channel routing as an example. The hydrograph at the outlet is usually flatter than the upstream section because the channel acts as a buffer. This routing method is widely used in lumped models for large basins. It is an element-to-element type routing.
In distributed models, the basin is subdivided into smaller elements, usually in squares. Flow routing can be treated in two ways, source-to-sink or grid-to-grid. The source-to-sink approach calculates differences between hydrographs of each grid and the outlet whereas the grid-to-grid approach transfers the water to the outlet in order.
The source-to-sink method is called Network Response Function. It calculates the time delay based on the topography and flow velocity. The NRF method assumes a time-independent flow velocity. In this function, l is the length of flow path. S is the slope. V45 is a velocity parameter. i is the grid index. The water balance for all the grids can be calculated at the same time.
In the grid-to-grid approach, two types of routing are considered. One is hillslope routing. It occurs where there is no river. The runoff from upstream is added to the downstream grid. Therefore, the runoff at downstream is a response to local net precipitation and accumulated runoff from upstream. Therefore, the water balance has to been calculated by the sequence.
The river routing is calculated by the Muskingum-Cunge method.
The second part of Methodology is the glacier retreat model.
Glaciers are retreating due to global warming. The static assumption about glacier extent is not valid anymore in most places of the world. The glacier retreat model is called delta h model. It based on the varying thinning rates over a glacier. The x-axis is the normalised elevation hr, from 0, the highest elevation, to 1, the lowest elevation. The y-axis is the normalised ice thickness change delta h, from 1, the largest change, to 0, the smallest change. For a dynamic stable glacier, the changes of surface elevation are larger at the low than the high. This can be described by a function of normalised elevation and four parameters, a, b, c and gamma.
The total changes of a glacier by the glacier model is equal the mass change calculated by the HBV model. Thereby, the four parameters can be calibrated. The required data are initial ice thickness and surface elevation.
I have presented the used methods. I will show how they are used to study the scientific questions in the order of the four papers.
My presentation mainly includes two parts, the thesis and four papers. This thesis builds on two types of basins, two in Norway and two in the Himalaya. They are classified as mountainous catchments. The hydrology regime is greatly influenced by snow and glaciers.
The four paper show the details of the research. The first two papers are about routing in Norwegian basins. They are published in Hydrology Research and Journal of Hydrology. The remaining papers are implementing a glacier routine into the HBV model and using it in projecting water resources.
The title of the first paper is “Implementation and testing of routing algorithms in the distributed HBV model for mountainous catchments”.
The objective is to find a suitable routing method to improve the HBV model performance. The routing methods are evaluated on the largest Norwegian basin, the Glomma Basin.
In total, there are six model variants. The semi-distributed model, LBand and the grid HBV model (Direct0) are simple models without routing. LBand is the semi-distributed model with ten elevation bands. It is used by NVE for daily flow forecasting; therefore, it can be thought as a bench mark model.
DirectM is a grid model with channel routing. NRF is using the source-to-sink routing method. DrainM has hillslope routing and channel routing.
This figure shows the performance of the models in the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency.
All models use the same “SeNorge” data. They are calibrated in the period from 1981 to 1990, shown by the up-pointing triangles, and validated from 1991 to 2010, shown by the down-pointing triangles. The x axis is the model types.
We can see that, all grid models have better performance than the semi-distributed model. The hillslope routing improves the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency by 0.05. However, the NRF method and the channel routing do not add much value in daily discharge simulation.
Though the NRF method does not increase the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency of discharge, it can provide a map of concentration time. As shown in this figure, the Losna sub-basin has a faster response than the Norsfoss sub-basin. Almost all runoff drains out within two days. This time is not significant to a daily time step. This is also why the NRF and Muskingum-Cunge method cannot lead to great improvement.
To conclude the first paper, distributed models are better than the semi-distributed model. Additionally, hillslope routing can further improve daily discharge simulation on the Glomma Basin.
The second paper is “How much can we gain with increasing model complexity with the same model concepts?” It is an very natural further step on the first paper.
The objective is to see to what extent the routing procedures can improve the model performance and to find why. So this paper focuses on the Norsfoss Sub-basin and takes account the data at the seven interior discharge stations, seven piezometers and three snow pillows.
Five model variants of the HBV model are created in the order of increasing complexity. The simplest is a lumped model. The second is a semi-distributed model. The basin is divided into 10 elevation bands. The third is a grid model, but without any routing. The runoff at basin outlet is the sum of runoff from all grids.
The other two grid model has hillslope routing or both hillslope and channel routing.
All the models use the same SeNorge data and they are only calibrated by the daily discharge of the Norsfoss station in the period from 1981 to 1990. Other measurements are only in model validation.
As we have seen in Paper One, the model performance of the five models is in the order of increasing. This right figure shows the monthly mean runoff. If we enlarge the differences by subtract the observations, shown in the left figure. The three grid models are also better in low flow simulation, particularly the models with hillslope routing. This is confirmed by the inverse Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency.
Besides discharge at the outlet, let’s look at the sub-basins. The x-axis is the area of the sub-basins. The efficiency of all models increases with the area. When the area is almost 10 percent of the total area, the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency of four models is above 0.6, which is considered as acceptable simulation.
The GROne and GRTwo are the best models since they give the largest mean and small variance at the seven discharge stations.
We can conclude that the models with higher complexity are better in discharge simulation and their strength is most significant at the outlet. Then let’s us look at some internal processes.
In the study area, there are seven piezometers. They measure the groundwater depth at weekly scales. I assume that in the study area, for the unconfined aquifers, groundwater storage is a linear function of groundwater depth. The model efficiency is given by the correlation between the simulated groundwater storage and the groundwater depth. Here I plot the correlation against the mean depth and elevation. Red diamond is GRZero; black dot is GROne and blue star is GRTwo.
The three models are very similar. The differences are caused by the piezometers. We can see that the shallow depth at the elevation around 600 meter is easier being simulated than others.
The published paper also analyse the evaporation and snow pillow. They also show that three grid models have similar efficiency.
We can conclude that the complex models, in this paper, the grid model with routing, are better than the simple models. But their strength is limited in discharge simulation. The description of internal processes is still a challenge.
So far, I have gone through the routing part. Now I will show you the glacier modelling and climate change.
Paper Three entitled “Integrating a glacier retreat model into the HBV model” tests the HBV model and the delta h glacier retreat model on three basins, the Nigardsbreen Basin, the Chamkhar Chhu Basin and the Beas Basin.
The objectives are to change the static assumption of the glacier extent in the HBV model. Therefore, the new model can be used for climate change studies in glacierised basins.
As I have shown in Methodology, the HBV model calculates the mass balance of the glaciers by the degree day method. Then the delta h model calculates the elevation change and updates the glacier extent.
Among the three basins, only the Nigardsbreen has more than twenty years’ data. The model is calibrated in the first 12 years, and then is validated the following ten years. Other two basins are only calibrated for six, or seven years and validated for three or four years.
The model is very accurate on the Nigardsbreen Basin. The model efficiency of discharge is higher than 0.9 as well as the glacier mass balance.
No glacier data are available in the Chamkhar Chhu Basin, the efficiency is higher than 0.85. The low efficiency on the Beas Basin is caused by low data quality.
This figure shows the observed and modelled annual mass balance of Nigardsbreen. As we can see they match very well and the correlation is very high. However, the model seems overestimates the high mass gain or high mass loss.
This new model only requires easily available inputs, precipitation and temperature. It is suitable for large glacierised basins for climate change studies.
After validation of the hydro-glacial model, it is used to project the future water resources of the two Himalayan basins.
The fourth paper is using the model to project water resources of the two Himalayan basins. Many countries in this area are suffering from poverty and lack of water. Reliable water projections are very important to society development.
The further climate is generated by two Global Climate Models with assumed carbon emissions. Their results are at spatial resolutions of several hundred kilometres, so they are downscaled by the two Regional Climate Models to a finer resolution of fifty kilometres. The precipitation and temperature are further downscaled and bias corrected to the observation sites.
The comparison between the model results and observations in the historical period shows that the bias correction significantly reduces the error of RCMs.
Let’s look at the modelled future climate. Take the Chamkhar Chhu basin for example.
This slide shows the ten-year moving average of annual mean air temperature and precipitation. The colour indicates the carbon emission. Blue is low emission; red is moderate emission and black is high emission. The line type is the regional climate model.
Annual temperature increases until the end of century under Rcp8.5. The change is approximately +0.5 degree per decade. The warming effects are less obvious with less emission. Data of individual station also confirm this trend.
For precipitation, large differences exist among the regional climate models and carbon emission. There is no clear trend.
Available water resources are defined as the water that can be consumed by human without causing environmental problems. It is estimated by excluding the environmental water requirement.
In this figure, the x axis is the period from 2011 to 2050. Each point is the mean of five years water resources per capita. Assuming that the population does not grow, the green line is the mean of the projected water resources. As we can see, the available water resources are significantly decreasing. Population growth is responsible for 40 percent of the decrease.
The uncertainties can be caused by the used models and the estimation of population. The shade represents the range by 20 percent error in population estimation. As we can see that, the population data cause more uncertainty than the models.
From the results, we can see that there will be significant warming in the Himalayan region and the warming effects are more obvious with more CO2 emission. But the precipitation is quite uncertain.
The two basins will face serious water shortage caused by climate change and population growth. Population growth is roughly responsible for 40% of the water decrease.
This is a list of my publications during this PhD study. In addition to the four paper included in the defence, I published one article in Hydrological Sciences Journal and two book chapters in the IAHS red book series.
At the end, I thank my supervisors, the committee members and all of you. Thank you.