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Effects of the Digital Elevation Model and Hydrological Processing Algorithms on the Geomorphological Parameterization
Hydrological cycle research requires a detailed analysis of the involved parameters to understand watershed behavior comprehensively. In recent decades, both Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) were implemented and took a substantial role in watershed geomorphological parameterization; however, the variability of these instruments remains a challenge, together with high-resolution DEMs being unavailable, requiring digital processing to improve resolution. This research aims to merge DEMs and evaluate GIS geoprocessing algorithms to determine drainage networks and the geomorphological parametrization of a semiarid watershed. DEMs with resolutions of 1.5, 5, 12.5, and 30 m, the Jenson/Domingue (J/D) and Wang/Liu (W/L) fill algorithms; and D8, D, KRA, and MFD flow routing algorithms were used. One of the research findings proved that the divergences of the drainage networks are mainly attributed to filling algorithms and not flow routing algorithms; the shifts between the networks obtained in the processes reach horizontal distances up to 300 m. Since the water movement within the watershed depends on geomorphological characteristics, it is suggested that DEM-based hydrological studies specify both the resolution and the algorithms used in the parametrization to validate the rigidity of the research, improving estimate areas of high hydrological risk.
Effects of the Digital Elevation Model and Hydrological Processing Algorithms on the Geomorphological Parameterization
Hydrological cycle research requires a detailed analysis of the involved parameters to understand watershed behavior comprehensively. In recent decades, both Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) were implemented and took a substantial role in watershed geomorphological parameterization; however, the variability of these instruments remains a challenge, together with high-resolution DEMs being unavailable, requiring digital processing to improve resolution. This research aims to merge DEMs and evaluate GIS geoprocessing algorithms to determine drainage networks and the geomorphological parametrization of a semiarid watershed. DEMs with resolutions of 1.5, 5, 12.5, and 30 m, the Jenson/Domingue (J/D) and Wang/Liu (W/L) fill algorithms; and D8, D, KRA, and MFD flow routing algorithms were used. One of the research findings proved that the divergences of the drainage networks are mainly attributed to filling algorithms and not flow routing algorithms; the shifts between the networks obtained in the processes reach horizontal distances up to 300 m. Since the water movement within the watershed depends on geomorphological characteristics, it is suggested that DEM-based hydrological studies specify both the resolution and the algorithms used in the parametrization to validate the rigidity of the research, improving estimate areas of high hydrological risk.
Effects of the Digital Elevation Model and Hydrological Processing Algorithms on the Geomorphological Parameterization
Sandra Dávila-Hernández (author) / Julián González-Trinidad (author) / Hugo Enrique Júnez-Ferreira (author) / Carlos Francisco Bautista-Capetillo (author) / Heriberto Morales de Ávila (author) / Juana Cázares Escareño (author) / Jennifer Ortiz-Letechipia (author) / Cruz Octavio Robles Rovelo (author) / Enrique A. López-Baltazar (author)
2022
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