The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution

The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model is utilized to simulate the sediment and runoff processes. According to previous studies, WEPP model provides impressive results in watersheds of diverse climates and scales. It is also capable of modeling the sediment transportation processes and co...

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Main Authors: Abolghasem, Akbari, Leila, Sedaei, Mehdi, Naderi, Azizan, Abu Samah, Nazila, Sedaei
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spelling my.ump.umpir.123922016-03-22T05:44:48Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12392/ The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution Abolghasem, Akbari Leila, Sedaei Mehdi, Naderi Azizan, Abu Samah Nazila, Sedaei Q Science (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model is utilized to simulate the sediment and runoff processes. According to previous studies, WEPP model provides impressive results in watersheds of diverse climates and scales. It is also capable of modeling the sediment transportation processes and consequently predicting subsequent deposition sites. In this study, the geo-spatial interface for WEPP (GeoWEPP) was employed as a GIS framework to extract the data required from the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER-GDEM) dataset which was subsequently used as the model input. The case study was based on monthly data consisting of average sediment and runoff estimation from the Emameh sub-basin, in northern Iran. The model estimations were validated through field measurements. Two statistical measures of co-efficiency including the Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE), and the coefficient of determination (R 2) were considered to evaluate how well the model predictions could explain the variability of observations in the field. The model performed favorably as corroborated by a reasonably high NSE of 0.99 and an R 2 value of 0.92 for sediment. In the case of runoff, the results were slightly inferior, but still acceptable with an NSE of 0.76 and R 2 value of 0.62. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12392/1/The%20application%20of%20the%20water%20erosion%20prediction%20project%20model%20for%20the%20estimation%20of%20runoff%20and%20sediment%20on%20a%20monthly%20time%20resolution.pdf Abolghasem, Akbari and Leila, Sedaei and Mehdi, Naderi and Azizan, Abu Samah and Nazila, Sedaei (2015) The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution. Environmental Earth Sciences, 74 (7). pp. 5827-5837. ISSN 1866-6299 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4600-7 doi:10.1007/s12665-015-4600-7
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topic Q Science (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Abolghasem, Akbari
Leila, Sedaei
Mehdi, Naderi
Azizan, Abu Samah
Nazila, Sedaei
The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution
description The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model is utilized to simulate the sediment and runoff processes. According to previous studies, WEPP model provides impressive results in watersheds of diverse climates and scales. It is also capable of modeling the sediment transportation processes and consequently predicting subsequent deposition sites. In this study, the geo-spatial interface for WEPP (GeoWEPP) was employed as a GIS framework to extract the data required from the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER-GDEM) dataset which was subsequently used as the model input. The case study was based on monthly data consisting of average sediment and runoff estimation from the Emameh sub-basin, in northern Iran. The model estimations were validated through field measurements. Two statistical measures of co-efficiency including the Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE), and the coefficient of determination (R 2) were considered to evaluate how well the model predictions could explain the variability of observations in the field. The model performed favorably as corroborated by a reasonably high NSE of 0.99 and an R 2 value of 0.92 for sediment. In the case of runoff, the results were slightly inferior, but still acceptable with an NSE of 0.76 and R 2 value of 0.62.
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author Abolghasem, Akbari
Leila, Sedaei
Mehdi, Naderi
Azizan, Abu Samah
Nazila, Sedaei
author_facet Abolghasem, Akbari
Leila, Sedaei
Mehdi, Naderi
Azizan, Abu Samah
Nazila, Sedaei
author_sort Abolghasem, Akbari
title The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution
title_short The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution
title_full The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution
title_fullStr The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution
title_full_unstemmed The Application of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for the Estimation of Runoff and Sediment on a Monthly Time Resolution
title_sort application of the water erosion prediction project (wepp) model for the estimation of runoff and sediment on a monthly time resolution
publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
publishDate 2015
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12392/1/The%20application%20of%20the%20water%20erosion%20prediction%20project%20model%20for%20the%20estimation%20of%20runoff%20and%20sediment%20on%20a%20monthly%20time%20resolution.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12392/
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