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SUSTAINABILITY
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su14031086
关键词
urban runoff; SWMM model; calibration and validation; pollutants; simulation
This study aims to simulate rainfall-runoff process in an urban watershed of Tehran, Iran by calibrating and validating the EPA Storm Water Management Model using field measurements of rainfall and runoff. The performance of the SWMM model was evaluated based on statistical criteria and graphical techniques. The study found that calibrating the model using field measurements resulted in satisfactory accuracy in simulating flow rates and pollutant concentrations.
This study aims to calibrate and validate the EPA Storm Water Management Model from field measurements of rainfall and runoff, in order to simulate the rainfall-runoff process in an urban watershed of Tehran metropolis, Iran. During and after three significant storm events, the flow rates, total suspended solids (TSS), total phosphorus (TP), and total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) concentrations were measured at the outlet of the catchment, and were used in the model calibration and validation process. The performance of the SWMM model was evaluated based on the statistical criteria, as well as graphical techniques. In this study, a local sensitivity analysis was carried out to identify the key model parameters, show that the percentage of impervious surface in each subwatershed had the most effect on the model output. Based on the analysis of the results, SWMM model calibration and validation can be judged as satisfactory, and the goodness-of-fit indices for simulating runoff quality and quantity are placed in acceptable ranges. The adjustment obtained for the variations in the measured and simulated flow rates, pollutograph concentrations, total pollutant load, peak concentration, and the event mean concentration (EMC) confirms the considerable predictive capability of the SWMM model when it is well calibrated by using field measurements.
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