Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan
Multi-step ahead inflow forecasting has a critical role to play in reservoir operation and management in Taiwan during typhoons as statutory legislation requires a minimum of 3-hours warning to be issued before any reservoir releases are made. However, the complex spatial and temporal heterogeneity...
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| author | Meng-Jung, T. Abrahart, R.J. Mount, Nick J. Chang, F.-J. |
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| description | Multi-step ahead inflow forecasting has a critical role to play in reservoir operation and management in Taiwan during typhoons as statutory legislation requires a minimum of 3-hours warning to be issued before any reservoir releases are made. However, the complex spatial and temporal heterogeneity of typhoon rainfall, coupled with a remote and mountainous physiographic context makes the development of real-time rainfall-runoff models that can accurately predict reservoir inflow several hours ahead of time challenging. Consequently, there is an urgent, operational requirement for models that can enhance reservoir inflow prediction at forecast horizons of more than 3-hours. In this paper we develop a novel semi-distributed, data-driven, rainfall-runoff model for the Shihmen catchment, north Taiwan. A suite of Adaptive Network-based Fuzzy Inference System solutions is created using various combinations of auto-regressive, spatially-lumped radar and point-based rain gauge predictors. Different levels of spatially-aggregated radar-derived rainfall data are used to generate 4, 8 and 12 sub-catchment input drivers. In general, the semi-distributed radar rainfall models outperform their less complex counterparts in predictions of reservoir inflow at lead-times greater than 3-hours. Performance is found to be optimal when spatial aggregation is restricted to 4 sub-catchments, with up to 30% improvements in the performance over lumped and point-based models being evident at 5-hour lead times. The potential benefits of applying semi-distributed, data-driven models in reservoir inflow modelling specifically, and hydrological modelling more generally, is thus demonstrated. |
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| spelling | nottingham-280532020-05-04T16:41:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28053/ Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan Meng-Jung, T. Abrahart, R.J. Mount, Nick J. Chang, F.-J. Multi-step ahead inflow forecasting has a critical role to play in reservoir operation and management in Taiwan during typhoons as statutory legislation requires a minimum of 3-hours warning to be issued before any reservoir releases are made. However, the complex spatial and temporal heterogeneity of typhoon rainfall, coupled with a remote and mountainous physiographic context makes the development of real-time rainfall-runoff models that can accurately predict reservoir inflow several hours ahead of time challenging. Consequently, there is an urgent, operational requirement for models that can enhance reservoir inflow prediction at forecast horizons of more than 3-hours. In this paper we develop a novel semi-distributed, data-driven, rainfall-runoff model for the Shihmen catchment, north Taiwan. A suite of Adaptive Network-based Fuzzy Inference System solutions is created using various combinations of auto-regressive, spatially-lumped radar and point-based rain gauge predictors. Different levels of spatially-aggregated radar-derived rainfall data are used to generate 4, 8 and 12 sub-catchment input drivers. In general, the semi-distributed radar rainfall models outperform their less complex counterparts in predictions of reservoir inflow at lead-times greater than 3-hours. Performance is found to be optimal when spatial aggregation is restricted to 4 sub-catchments, with up to 30% improvements in the performance over lumped and point-based models being evident at 5-hour lead times. The potential benefits of applying semi-distributed, data-driven models in reservoir inflow modelling specifically, and hydrological modelling more generally, is thus demonstrated. Wiley 2014-01-30 Article PeerReviewed Meng-Jung, T., Abrahart, R.J., Mount, Nick J. and Chang, F.-J. (2014) Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan. Hydrological Processes, 28 (3). pp. 1055-1070. ISSN 1099-1085 semi-distributed model rainfall-runoff model data-driven model reservoir inflow radar rainfall ANFIS http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.9559/abstract;jsessionid=2BF79DA9A0E7F6264B9874CDD20D6EEC.f01t01 doi:10.1002/hyp.9559 doi:10.1002/hyp.9559 |
| spellingShingle | semi-distributed model rainfall-runoff model data-driven model reservoir inflow radar rainfall ANFIS Meng-Jung, T. Abrahart, R.J. Mount, Nick J. Chang, F.-J. Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan |
| title | Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan |
| title_full | Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan |
| title_short | Including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in Taiwan |
| title_sort | including spatial distribution in a data-driven rainfall-runoff model to improve reservoir inflow forecasting in taiwan |
| topic | semi-distributed model rainfall-runoff model data-driven model reservoir inflow radar rainfall ANFIS |
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