Abstract:
Flow estimation at a point in a river is vital for several hydrologic applications, including
flood forecasting, water resource management, and development applications.Estimating
the Rainfall-Runoff condition of Rib watershed, which helps toforecast storm events for
proper management of water resources. This study presents the result of watershed scale
rainfall-runoff modeling on the gauged part of Rib watershed using the hydrologic model
HEC-HMS in a GIS environment. The model was used to transform the excess
precipitation (after the losses have been subtracted) into surface runoff or direct runoff
data, together with the GIS extension HEC-GeoHMS precipitation excess to overland flow
and channel runoff. Rainfall data used from nine meteorological gauged stations. The
simulation was done for 5 years. The predicted Hydrograph was calibrated against the
observed data, and the model parameters were optimized for good simulation. The smaller
discharges followed the observed trend,but the actual peak value was far from. The value
of simulated peak discharge was found to be 578.9 /s while the observed discharge was
256.9 /s, which has adifference of 322 /s. The model framework developed in the
study considered the spatial variation in the runoff response of the watershed by using
rainfall data from a number of rain gage stations located in different parts of the basin. For
modeling flows in over banks, topographic data should be of high resolution so that the
topography of the floodplains could be properly represented and flow data of long -time
duration is necessary for the calibration and validation of Hydrologic model.
Key Words: HEC-HMS, Rainfall - Runoff, Peak Discharge, Rib