Hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: Application of various computational intelligence models

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Reliable river flow forecasts play a key role in flood risk mitigation. Among different approaches of river flow forecasting, data driven approaches have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their minimum information requirements and ability to simulate nonlinear a...

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Main Authors: Badrzadeh, H., Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan, Jayawardena, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14053
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author Badrzadeh, H.
Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan
Jayawardena, A.
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Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan
Jayawardena, A.
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description © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Reliable river flow forecasts play a key role in flood risk mitigation. Among different approaches of river flow forecasting, data driven approaches have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their minimum information requirements and ability to simulate nonlinear and non-stationary characteristics of hydrological processes. In this study, attempts are made to apply four different types of data driven approaches, namely traditional artificial neural networks (ANN), adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS), wavelet neural networks (WNN), and, hybrid ANFIS with multi resolution analysis using wavelets (WNF). Developed models applied for real time flood forecasting at Casino station on Richmond River, Australia which is highly prone to flooding. Hourly rainfall and runoff data were used to drive the models which have been used for forecasting with 1, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48. h lead-time. The performance of models further improved by adding an upstream river flow data (Wiangaree station), as another effective input. All models perform satisfactorily up to 12. h lead-time. However, the hybrid wavelet-based models significantly outperforming the ANFIS and ANN models in the longer lead-time forecasting. The results confirm the robustness of the proposed structure of the hybrid models for real time runoff forecasting in the study area.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-140532017-09-13T15:02:44Z Hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: Application of various computational intelligence models Badrzadeh, H. Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan Jayawardena, A. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Reliable river flow forecasts play a key role in flood risk mitigation. Among different approaches of river flow forecasting, data driven approaches have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their minimum information requirements and ability to simulate nonlinear and non-stationary characteristics of hydrological processes. In this study, attempts are made to apply four different types of data driven approaches, namely traditional artificial neural networks (ANN), adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS), wavelet neural networks (WNN), and, hybrid ANFIS with multi resolution analysis using wavelets (WNF). Developed models applied for real time flood forecasting at Casino station on Richmond River, Australia which is highly prone to flooding. Hourly rainfall and runoff data were used to drive the models which have been used for forecasting with 1, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48. h lead-time. The performance of models further improved by adding an upstream river flow data (Wiangaree station), as another effective input. All models perform satisfactorily up to 12. h lead-time. However, the hybrid wavelet-based models significantly outperforming the ANFIS and ANN models in the longer lead-time forecasting. The results confirm the robustness of the proposed structure of the hybrid models for real time runoff forecasting in the study area. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14053 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.07.057 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Badrzadeh, H.
Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan
Jayawardena, A.
Hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: Application of various computational intelligence models
title Hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: Application of various computational intelligence models
title_full Hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: Application of various computational intelligence models
title_fullStr Hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: Application of various computational intelligence models
title_full_unstemmed Hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: Application of various computational intelligence models
title_short Hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: Application of various computational intelligence models
title_sort hourly runoff forecasting for flood risk management: application of various computational intelligence models
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14053