r.sim.water(1grass)
NAME
r.sim.water - Overland flow hydrologic simulation using path sampling method (SIMWE).
KEYWORDS
raster, hydrology, soil, flow, overland flow, model
SYNOPSIS
r.sim.water
r.sim.water --help
r.sim.water [-t] elevation=name dx=name dy=name [rain=name]
[rain_value=float] [infil=name] [infil_value=float] [man=name]
[man_value=float] [flow_control=name] [observation=name]
[depth=name] [discharge=name] [error=name] [walkers_output=name]
[logfile=name] [nwalkers=integer] [niterations=integer]
[output_step=integer] [diffusion_coeff=float] [hmax=float]
[halpha=float] [hbeta=float] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose]
[--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:
-t
Time-series output
--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog
Parameters:
elevation=name [required]
Name of input elevation raster map
dx=name [required]
Name of x-derivatives raster map [m/m]
dy=name [required]
Name of y-derivatives raster map [m/m]
rain=name
Name of rainfall excess rate (rain-infilt) raster map [mm/hr]
rain_value=float
Rainfall excess rate unique value [mm/hr]
Default: 50
infil=name
Name of runoff infiltration rate raster map [mm/hr]
infil_value=float
Runoff infiltration rate unique value [mm/hr]
Default: 0.0
man=name
Name of Manning's n raster map
man_value=float
Manning's n unique value
Default: 0.1
flow_control=name
Name of flow controls raster map (permeability ratio 0-1)
observation=name
Name of sampling locations vector points map
Or data source for direct OGR access
depth=name
Name for output water depth raster map [m]
discharge=name
Name for output water discharge raster map [m3/s]
error=name
Name for output simulation error raster map [m]
walkers_output=name
Base name of the output walkers vector points map
Name for output vector map
logfile=name
Name for sampling points output text file. For each observation
vector point the time series of sediment transport is stored.
nwalkers=integer
Number of walkers, default is twice the number of cells
niterations=integer
Time used for iterations [minutes]
Default: 10
output_step=integer
Time interval for creating output maps [minutes]
Default: 2
diffusion_coeff=float
Water diffusion constant
Default: 0.8
hmax=float
Threshold water depth [m]
Diffusion increases after this water depth is reached
Default: 0.3
halpha=float
Diffusion increase constant
Default: 4.0
hbeta=float
Weighting factor for water flow velocity vector
Default: 0.5
DESCRIPTION
r.sim.water is a landscape scale simulation model of overland flow designed for spatially variable terrain, soil, cover and rainfall excess conditions. A 2D shallow water flow is described by the bivariate form of Saint Venant equations. The numerical solution is based on the concept of duality between the field and particle representation of the modeled quantity. Green's function Monte Carlo method, used to solve the equation, provides robustness necessary for spatially variable conditions and high resolutions (Mitas and Mitasova 1998). The key inputs of the model include elevation (elevation raster map), flow gradient vector given by first-order partial derivatives of elevation field (dx and dy raster maps), rainfall excess rate (rain raster map or rain_value single value) and a surface roughness coefficient given by Manning's n (man raster map or man_value single value). Partial derivatives raster maps can be computed along with interpolation of a DEM using the -d option in v.surf.rst module. If elevation raster map is already provided, partial derivatives can be computed using r.slope.aspect module. Partial derivatives are used to determine the direction and magnitude of water flow velocity. To include a predefined direction of flow, map algebra can be used to replace terrain-derived partial derivatives with pre-defined partial derivatives in selected grid cells such as man-made channels, ditches or culverts. Equations (2) and (3) from this report can be used to compute partial derivates of the predefined flow using its direction given by aspect and slope. The module automatically converts horizontal distances from feet to metric system using database/projection information. Rainfall excess is defined as rainfall intensity - infiltration rate and should be provided in [mm/hr]. Rainfall intensities are usually available from meteorological stations. Infiltration rate depends on soil properties and land cover. It varies in space and time. For saturated soil and steady-state water flow it can be estimated using saturated hydraulic conductivity rates based on field measurements or using reference values which can be found in literature. Optionally, user can provide an overland flow infiltration rate map infil or a single value infil_value in [mm/hr] that control the rate of infiltration for the already flowing water, effectively reducing the flow depth and discharge. Overland flow can be further controlled by permeable check dams or similar type of structures, the user can provide a map of these structures and their permeability ratio in the map flow_control that defines the probability of particles to pass through the structure (the values will be 0-1). Output includes a water depth raster map depth in [m], and a water discharge raster map discharge in [m3/s]. Error of the numerical solution can be analyzed using the error raster map (the resulting water depth is an average, and err is its RMSE). The output vector points map output_walkers can be used to analyze and visualize spatial distribution of walkers at different simulation times (note that the resulting water depth is based on the density of these walkers). The spatial distribution of numerical error associated with path sampling solution can be analysed using the output error raster file [m]. This error is a function of the number of particles used in the simulation and can be reduced by increasing the number of walkers given by parameter nwalkers. Duration of simulation is controlled by the niterations parameter. The default value is 10 minutes, reaching the steady-state may require much longer time, depending on the time step, complexity of terrain, land cover and size of the area. Output walker, water depth and discharge maps can be saved during simulation using the time series flag -t and output_step parameter defining the time step in minutes for writing output files. Files are saved with a suffix representing time since the start of simulation in minutes (e.g. wdepth.05, wdepth.10). Monitoring of water depth at specific points is supported. A vector map with observation points and a path to a logfile must be provided. For each point in the vector map which is located in the computational region the water depth is logged each time step in the logfile. The logfile is organized as a table. A single header identifies the category number of the logged vector points. In case of invalid water depth data the value -1 is used. Overland flow is routed based on partial derivatives of elevation field or other landscape features influencing water flow. Simulation equations include a diffusion term (diffusion_coeff parameter) which enables water flow to overcome elevation depressions or obstacles when water depth exceeds a threshold water depth value (hmax), given in [m]. When it is reached, diffusion term increases as given by halpha and advection term (direction of flow) is given as "prevailing" direction of flow computed as average of flow directions from the previous hbeta number of grid cells.
NOTES
A 2D shallow water flow is described by the bivariate form of Saint Venant equations (e.g., Julien et al., 1995). The continuity of water flow relation is coupled with the momentum conservation equation and for a shallow water overland flow, the hydraulic radius is approximated by the normal flow depth. The system of equations is closed using the Manning's relation. Model assumes that the flow is close to the kinematic wave approximation, but we include a diffusion-like term to incorporate the impact of diffusive wave effects. Such an incorporation of diffusion in the water flow simulation is not new and a similar term has been obtained in derivations of diffusion-advection equations for overland flow, e.g., by Lettenmeier and Wood, (1992). In our reformulation, we simplify the diffusion coefficient to a constant and we use a modified diffusion term. The diffusion constant which we have used is rather small (approximately one order of magnitude smaller than the reciprocal Manning's coefficient) and therefore the resulting flow is close to the kinematic regime. However, the diffusion term improves the kinematic solution, by overcoming small shallow pits common in digital elevation models (DEM) and by smoothing out the flow over slope discontinuities or abrupt changes in Manning's coefficient (e.g., due to a road, or other anthropogenic changes in elevations or cover). Green's function stochastic method of solution. The Saint Venant equations are solved by a stochastic method called Monte Carlo (very similar to Monte Carlo methods in computational fluid dynamics or to quantum Monte Carlo approaches for solving the Schrodinger equation (Schmidt and Ceperley, 1992, Hammond et al., 1994; Mitas, 1996)). It is assumed that these equations are a representation of stochastic processes with diffusion and drift components (Fokker-Planck equations). The Monte Carlo technique has several unique advantages which are becoming even more important due to new developments in computer technology. Perhaps one of the most significant Monte Carlo properties is robustness which enables us to solve the equations for complex cases, such as discontinuities in the coefficients of differential operators (in our case, abrupt slope or cover changes, etc). Also, rough solutions can be estimated rather quickly, which allows us to carry out preliminary quantitative studies or to rapidly extract qualitative trends by parameter scans. In addition, the stochastic methods are tailored to the new generation of computers as they provide scalability from a single workstation to large parallel machines due to the independence of sampling points. Therefore, the methods are useful both for everyday exploratory work using a desktop computer and for large, cutting-edge applications using high performance computing.
EXAMPLE
Spearfish region: g.region raster=elevation.10m -p r.slope.aspect elevation=elevation.10m dx=elev_dx dy=elev_dy # synthetic maps r.mapcalc "rain = if(elevation.10m, 5.0, null())" r.mapcalc "manning = if(elevation.10m, 0.05, null())" r.mapcalc "infilt = if(elevation.10m, 0.0, null())" # simulate r.sim.water elevation=elevation.10m dx=elev_dx dy=elev_dy rain=rain man=manning infil=infilt nwalkers=5000000 depth=depth Figure: Water depth map in the Spearfish (SD) area
ERROR MESSAGES
If the module fails with ERROR: nwalk (7000001) > maxw (7000000)! then a lower nwalkers parameter value has to be selected.
REFERENCES
* Mitasova, H., Thaxton, C., Hofierka, J., McLaughlin, R., Moore,
A., Mitas L., 2004, Path sampling method for modeling overland
water flow, sediment transport and short term terrain evolution
in Open Source GIS. In: C.T. Miller, M.W. Farthing, V.G. Gray,
G.F. Pinder eds., Proceedings of the XVth International
Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR
XV), June 13-17 2004, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Elsevier, pp.
1479-1490.
* Mitasova H, Mitas, L., 2000, Modeling spatial processes in
multiscale framework: exploring duality between particles and
fields, plenary talk at GIScience2000 conference, Savannah, GA.
* Mitas, L., and Mitasova, H., 1998, Distributed soil erosion
simulation for effective erosion prevention. Water Resources
Research, 34(3), 505-516.
* Mitasova, H., Mitas, L., 2001, Multiscale soil erosion
simulations for land use management, In: Landscape erosion and
landscape evolution modeling, Harmon R. and Doe W. eds., Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 321-347.
* Hofierka, J, Mitasova, H., Mitas, L., 2002. GRASS and modeling
landscape processes using duality between particles and fields.
Proceedings of the Open source GIS - GRASS users conference
2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002. PDF
* Hofierka, J., Knutova, M., 2015, Simulating aspects of a flash
flood using the Monte Carlo method and GRASS GIS: a case study
of the Mal Svinka Basin (Slovakia), Open Geosciences. Volume
7, Issue 1, ISSN (Online) 2391-5447, DOI:
10.1515/geo-2015-0013, April 2015
* Neteler, M. and Mitasova, H., 2008, Open Source GIS: A GRASS
GIS Approach. Third Edition. The International Series in
Engineering and Computer Science: Volume 773. Springer New York
Inc, p. 406.
SEE ALSO
v.surf.rst, r.slope.aspect, r.sim.sediment
AUTHORS
Helena Mitasova, Lubos Mitas North Carolina State University hmitaso@unity.ncsu.edu Jaroslav Hofierka GeoModel, s.r.o. Bratislava, Slovakia hofierka@geomodel.sk Chris Thaxton North Carolina State University csthaxto@unity.ncsu.edu Last changed: $Date: 2016-09-20 11:20:11 +0200 (Tue, 20 Sep 2016) $
SOURCE CODE
Available at: r.sim.water source code (history)
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