Large-Scale Hydrodynamic Modeling of a Complex River Network and Floodplains
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 15, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper presents a one-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling of a large-scale river network and floodplains. The study site comprises the Upper Paraguay River and its main tributaries (a total of 4,800 km of river reaches) in South American central area, including a complex river network flowing along the Pantanal wetland. The main issues are related to preparing input data for the hydraulic model in a consistent and georeferenced database and to representing different flow regimes. Geographic information systems-based automatic procedures were developed in order to produce cross-sectional profiles that encompass the large floodplains and to link hydraulic data and spatial location. The marked seasonal flow regime and relative smooth hydrographs of Paraguay River were quite well reproduced by the hydraulic model. For the tributaries, it must be mentioned the model’s ability to simulate both cases when the hydrograph does not present a marked peak flow, due to water loss for the floodplain, and when the hydrograph presents a more common shape, with recession and peak flows well defined.
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Acknowledgments
The first two writers were supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Digital elevation model data were supplied by The CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) SRTM-90m Database, and Landsat images were courtesy of USGS; daily discharge time series were supplied by the Brazilian Water Agency (ANA). Contributions of anonymous reviewers were appreciated.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 15 • Issue 2 • February 2010
Pages: 152 - 165
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Received: Oct 6, 2008
Accepted: Jun 26, 2009
Published online: Jun 29, 2009
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