Abstract
Abstract The Long-term Hydrologic Impact Assessment Model with Asymptotic Curve Number Regression Equation and Water Quality model (L-THIA ACN-WQ) has been developed to simulate streamflow as well as instream water quality using fewer parameters, compared to other watershed models. However, since model input parameters (i.e. hydraulic response unit (HRU) map, stream network, database (DB), etc.) should be built by user manually, it is difficult to use the model for a nonprofessional or environmental policy decision-maker. In addition, it is difficult to analyze model outputs in time and space because the model does not provide geographic information system (GIS) information for the simulation results. To overcome the limitations, an advanced version of L-THIA ACN-WQ system which is based on ArcGIS interface was developed in this study. To evaluate the applicability of the developed system, it was applied to the Banbyeon A watershed in which total maximum daily load (TMDL) has been implemented. The required model input datasets were automatically collected in the system, and stream flow, T-N and T-P pollutant loads were simulated for the watershed. Furthermore, flow duration curve (FDC) and load duration curve (LDC) were generated to analyze hot spot areas in the system through automatic processes included in the system. The system can establish the model input data easily, automatically provide the graphs of FDC and LDC, and provide hot spot areas which indicate high pollutant loads. Therefore, this system can be useful in establishing various watershed management plans.
Highlights
Estimations of runoff and pollutant loads in a watershed have played pivotal roles for efficient watershed management (USEPA )
The ArcGIS based interface of the watershedscale Long Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment (L-THIA) ACN-WQ model was developed using the ArcPy programming language. This interface was designed to construct hydraulic response units (HRUs) maps efficiently and to build various model parameters, channel routing information, and database used in the ArcGIS based watershed-scale L-THIA ACN-WQ system
The ArcGIS based system was applied for streamflow and water quality simulation in the Banbyeon A watershed, and it was further evaluated by analyzing Flow duration curve (FDC)/load duration curve (LDC) and pollutant hot spot areas using the postprocessing module of the L-THIA ACN-WQ system
Summary
Estimations of runoff and pollutant loads in a watershed have played pivotal roles for efficient watershed management (USEPA ) Various computer models such as Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) (Arnold et al ), Hydrologic Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF) (Bicknell et al ), Storm Water Management Tool. It has been proven that the model could solve underestimation issues in the original L-THIA model (Harbor ) with asymptotic curve number (CN) approaches (Ryu et al c), lack of baseflow component and flow routing for watershed application, and dynamic simulation of instream water quality at a watershed
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