Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
- Mahtab Safari Shad 1
- Mahmoud Habibnejad Roshan 2
- Karim Solaimani 2
- Alireza Ildoromi 3
- Hossein Zeinivand 4
1 Phd, Department of Natural Resource, University of Sari, Iran,
2 Professor, Department of Natural Resource, University of Sari, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of Range and Watershed Management, Malayer University, Iran
4 Associate Professor, Department of Range and Watershed Management Engineering, Lorestan University, Iran
Abstract
Many of the environmental problems are caused by the changes in the main components of the hydrological cycle. However, water balance modeling can help to better understanding the components of the hydrological cycle in order to develop appropriate management options. The purpose of this study is to calculate three important components of surface water balance using the WetSpass model and evaluate the model in Hamadan-Bahar Watershed located in Hamadan Province on a monthly time scale. The results of the model evaluation in the study showed that the coefficient of determination between the observed and simulated runoff in the calibration and validation period is equal to 0.79 and 0.83, respectively. Groundwater nutrition assessment was also performed according to manual calculations of the variable for 2012-2013. Then, the results of Kramer correlation coefficient between spatial distribution maps of runoff, actual evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge were investigated with input maps of the model. In general, due to the importance of evapotranspiration in water balance calculations, the evaporation and transpiration maps of the model were evaluated separately for different uses. The evaluation results confirmed the capability of the WetSpass model in simulating runoff, evapotranspiration and groundwater feeding with an acceptable accuracy. The results of spatial distribution maps of runoff, actual evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge indicate a high correlation between evapotranspiration component with land use (0.54), soil texture (0.45), evapotranspiration potential (0.42) and temperature (0.31). Also, these results indicate a high correlation between runoff components with land use (0.62) and soil texture (0.58), and average correlations between groundwater recharge component with land use (0.32) and soil texture (0.34). Therefore, land use and soil texture were the first and second factors affecting the distribution of surface balance components, respectively.
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