Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin
<p>Water management substantially alters natural regimes of streamflow through modifying retention time and water exchanges among different components of the terrestrial water cycle. Accurate simulation of water cycling in intensively managed watersheds, such as the Yakima River basin (YRB) in...
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| author | J. Qiu Q. Yang X. Zhang M. Huang J. C. Adam K. Malek |
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| description | <p>Water management substantially alters natural regimes of
streamflow through modifying retention time and water exchanges among
different components of the terrestrial water cycle. Accurate simulation of
water cycling in intensively managed watersheds, such as the Yakima River basin (YRB) in the Pacific Northwest of the US, faces challenges in
reliably characterizing influences of management practices (e.g., reservoir
operation and cropland irrigation) on the watershed hydrology. Using the Soil
and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model, we evaluated streamflow simulations
in the YRB based on different reservoir operation and irrigation schemes.
Simulated streamflow with the reservoir operation scheme optimized by the
RiverWare model better reproduced measured streamflow than the simulation
using the default SWAT reservoir operation scheme. Scenarios with irrigation
practices demonstrated higher water losses through evapotranspiration (ET)
and matched benchmark data better than the scenario that only considered
reservoir operations. Results of this study highlight the importance of
reliably representing reservoir operations and irrigation management for
credible modeling of watershed hydrology. The methods and findings presented
here hold promise to
enhance water resources assessment that can be applied to other intensively managed watersheds.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f592022370d4cf280e09a7d80f373842022-12-22T00:18:51ZengCopernicus PublicationsHydrology and Earth System Sciences1027-56061607-79382019-01-0123354910.5194/hess-23-35-2019Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basinJ. Qiu0Q. Yang1X. Zhang2M. Huang3J. C. Adam4K. Malek5Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, USAJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, USAJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, USAEarth System Analysis and Modeling Group, Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA<p>Water management substantially alters natural regimes of streamflow through modifying retention time and water exchanges among different components of the terrestrial water cycle. Accurate simulation of water cycling in intensively managed watersheds, such as the Yakima River basin (YRB) in the Pacific Northwest of the US, faces challenges in reliably characterizing influences of management practices (e.g., reservoir operation and cropland irrigation) on the watershed hydrology. Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model, we evaluated streamflow simulations in the YRB based on different reservoir operation and irrigation schemes. Simulated streamflow with the reservoir operation scheme optimized by the RiverWare model better reproduced measured streamflow than the simulation using the default SWAT reservoir operation scheme. Scenarios with irrigation practices demonstrated higher water losses through evapotranspiration (ET) and matched benchmark data better than the scenario that only considered reservoir operations. Results of this study highlight the importance of reliably representing reservoir operations and irrigation management for credible modeling of watershed hydrology. The methods and findings presented here hold promise to enhance water resources assessment that can be applied to other intensively managed watersheds.</p>https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/23/35/2019/hess-23-35-2019.pdf |
| spellingShingle | J. Qiu Q. Yang X. Zhang M. Huang J. C. Adam K. Malek Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
| title | Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin |
| title_full | Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin |
| title_fullStr | Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin |
| title_short | Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin |
| title_sort | implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the yakima river basin |
| url | https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/23/35/2019/hess-23-35-2019.pdf |
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