Classifications of runoff and sediment data to improve the rating curve method

Submitted: 27 November 2016
Accepted: 4 April 2017
Published: 8 May 2017
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In this study, data classification method was evaluated to increase accuracy of estimating suspended sediment load. To achieve this objective, suspended sediment in Chehelgazi and Khalife Tarkhan rivers in Kurdistan, Iran, were estimated using sediment rating curve (SRC) method in three different approaches of data classification. At first, measured data were modelled without classification. Then, data based on flow statues were divided into two series as high and low flow. Eventually, based on sediment concentration, the data were divided into low and high sediment concentration. Long-term runoff and sediment data were used to calibrate rating curve model. The estimated values were compared with recorded data and the performances of these models were evaluated using statistical criteria. The results indicated an effective role of data classification to improve estimating sediment transportation by rating curve method. In one of the stations, it was observed that due to classification based on river flow and sediment concentration, model efficiency was increased about 45% and 28%, respectively. Furthermore, in case of improving efficiency of SRC method, classifying data based on flow statues was found to be more effective than sediment concentration. The results of this study can be used to improve the management of the watershed by more accurately estimating the amount of suspended sediments transporting in the rivers draining to reservoirs.

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Ata Amini, Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, AREO, Sanandaj
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Khaledian, H., Faghih, H. and Amini, A. (2017) “Classifications of runoff and sediment data to improve the rating curve method”, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 48(3), pp. 147–153. doi: 10.4081/jae.2017.641.

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