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Testing the Effects of Detachment Limits and Transport Capacity Formulation on Sediment Runoff Predictions Using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers GSSHA Model
AbstractThe physics-based Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) model was developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for hydrologic, sediment transport, and water quality analyses. GSSHA simulates erosion and transport of sediments on the overland flow plain based on rainfall intensity and overland flow depth and velocity. The original sediment transport capabilities in GSSHA were taken from the GSSHA predecessor, CASC2D-SED. Independent testing of the sediment transport methods in CASC2D-SED by researchers identified several deficiencies in the formulation that caused significant overestimation of sediment yield during hydrologic events that were much larger than a calibration event. Sediment detachment limits and a variety of overland sediment transport equations were incorporated into the GSSHA model to address these deficiencies. This paper presents an evaluation of these modifications in terms of GSSHA sediment yield predictions of both single-event and summer growing season sediment yields. Simulation results are compared with research-quality sediment discharge data set from the USDA Goodwin Creek Experimental Watershed (GCEW). Results show that the reformulated GSSHA sediment transport model predicts event-total sediment discharge volume within (±) 50% over hydrologic events that vary by three orders of magnitude. The transport capacity method selected for use in the simulation had a large effect on the model results.
Testing the Effects of Detachment Limits and Transport Capacity Formulation on Sediment Runoff Predictions Using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers GSSHA Model
AbstractThe physics-based Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) model was developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for hydrologic, sediment transport, and water quality analyses. GSSHA simulates erosion and transport of sediments on the overland flow plain based on rainfall intensity and overland flow depth and velocity. The original sediment transport capabilities in GSSHA were taken from the GSSHA predecessor, CASC2D-SED. Independent testing of the sediment transport methods in CASC2D-SED by researchers identified several deficiencies in the formulation that caused significant overestimation of sediment yield during hydrologic events that were much larger than a calibration event. Sediment detachment limits and a variety of overland sediment transport equations were incorporated into the GSSHA model to address these deficiencies. This paper presents an evaluation of these modifications in terms of GSSHA sediment yield predictions of both single-event and summer growing season sediment yields. Simulation results are compared with research-quality sediment discharge data set from the USDA Goodwin Creek Experimental Watershed (GCEW). Results show that the reformulated GSSHA sediment transport model predicts event-total sediment discharge volume within (±) 50% over hydrologic events that vary by three orders of magnitude. The transport capacity method selected for use in the simulation had a large effect on the model results.
Testing the Effects of Detachment Limits and Transport Capacity Formulation on Sediment Runoff Predictions Using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers GSSHA Model
Ogden, Fred L (author) / Pradhan, Nawa Raj / Byrd, Aaron R / Downer, Charles W
2015
Article (Journal)
English
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