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An Operation-Based Scheme for a Multiyear and Multipurpose Reservoir to Enhance Macroscale Hydrologic Models

Yiping Wu Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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01 Feb 2012
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-10-05028.1
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Abstract

This paper develops an operation-based numerical scheme for simulating storage in and outflow from a multiyear and multipurpose reservoir at a daily time step in order to enhance the simulation capacity of macroscale land surface hydrologic models. In the new scheme, besides the purpose of flood control, three other operational purposes—hydropower generation, downstream water supply, and water impoundment—are considered, and accordingly three related decision-based parameters are introduced. The new scheme is then integrated into the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), which is a macroscale hydrologic model. The observed water storage and outflow from a multiyear and multipurpose reservoir, the Xinfengjiang Reservoir in southern China, are used to examine the new scheme. Compared with two other reservoir operation schemes—namely, a modified existing reservoir operation scheme in SWAT (i.e., the target release scheme) and a multilinear regression scheme—the new scheme can give a consistently better simulation of the reservoir storage and outflow. Furthermore, through a sensitivity analysis, this study shows that the three decision-based parameters can represent the significance of each operational purpose in different periods and the new scheme can advance the flexibility and capability of the simulation of the reservoir storage and outflow.

Current affiliation: ASRC Research and Technology Solutions, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Corresponding author address: J. Chen, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: jichen@hku.hk

Abstract

This paper develops an operation-based numerical scheme for simulating storage in and outflow from a multiyear and multipurpose reservoir at a daily time step in order to enhance the simulation capacity of macroscale land surface hydrologic models. In the new scheme, besides the purpose of flood control, three other operational purposes—hydropower generation, downstream water supply, and water impoundment—are considered, and accordingly three related decision-based parameters are introduced. The new scheme is then integrated into the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), which is a macroscale hydrologic model. The observed water storage and outflow from a multiyear and multipurpose reservoir, the Xinfengjiang Reservoir in southern China, are used to examine the new scheme. Compared with two other reservoir operation schemes—namely, a modified existing reservoir operation scheme in SWAT (i.e., the target release scheme) and a multilinear regression scheme—the new scheme can give a consistently better simulation of the reservoir storage and outflow. Furthermore, through a sensitivity analysis, this study shows that the three decision-based parameters can represent the significance of each operational purpose in different periods and the new scheme can advance the flexibility and capability of the simulation of the reservoir storage and outflow.

Current affiliation: ASRC Research and Technology Solutions, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Corresponding author address: J. Chen, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: jichen@hku.hk
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