Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

On the storm flow response of upland Alpine catchments

1999; Wiley; Volume: 13; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199903)13

1099-1085

Stefano Orlandini, Andrea Perotti, G Sfondrini, Alberto Bianchi,

Soil erosion and sediment transport

Hydrological ProcessesVolume 13, Issue 4 p. 549-562 Research Article On the storm flow response of upland Alpine catchments Stefano Orlandini, Corresponding Author Stefano Orlandini [email protected] Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I-44100 Ferrara, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria, Universitá degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy.===Search for more papers by this authorAndrea Perotti, Andrea Perotti Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milano, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorGiuseppe Sfondrini, Giuseppe Sfondrini Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milano, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorAlberto Bianchi, Alberto Bianchi Dipartimento di Ingegneria Idraulica, Ambientale e del Rilevamento, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, ItalySearch for more papers by this author Stefano Orlandini, Corresponding Author Stefano Orlandini [email protected] Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I-44100 Ferrara, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria, Universitá degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy.===Search for more papers by this authorAndrea Perotti, Andrea Perotti Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milano, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorGiuseppe Sfondrini, Giuseppe Sfondrini Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milano, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorAlberto Bianchi, Alberto Bianchi Dipartimento di Ingegneria Idraulica, Ambientale e del Rilevamento, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, ItalySearch for more papers by this author First published: 15 March 1999 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199903)13:4 3.0.CO;2-SCitations: 17AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Detailed measurements of near-surface soil hydraulic conductivity, Ks, across the Bracciasco catchment (Central Italian Alps) are incorporated into a distributed, digital elevation model-based hydrological model to evaluate the effect of soil heterogeneity on catchment storm flow response. Surface and subsurface storm flow components are simulated for different distributions of Ks, including that obtained directly from measurements, that obtained by averaging measured data and others obtained on the basis of a simple functional parameter model. The reproduction of the catchment storm flow responses obtained using distributions of Ks based on measurements is satisfactory although an adjustment of such distributions is suggested to reproduce the hydrograph peaks owing to rapid surface runoff concentration and to improve the description of recession limbs at the same time. Numerical experiments indicate that the simulated storm flow response of the study catchment is substantially insensitive to near-surface soil heterogeneity in as far as the predominant mechanism of channel storm flow generation is subsurface flow. However, Ks is found to play an important role in the generation of overland flow during intense rainfall and, under these circumstances, monitoring of near-surface heterogeneity may be important to provide accurate descriptions of both surface and subsurface storm flow components. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. REFERENCES Bacchi, B., Bianchi, A., Bresadola, P., Massiotta, P., Pirola, A. and Sfondrini, G. 1983. ' Il bacino del Torrente Bracciasco, Valmalenco: cartografia', Pubblicazione per il Progetto CNR 'Conservazione del Suolo: Dinamica Fluviale' no. 174. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano. Bathurst, J. C. 1993. ' Flow resistance through the channel network', in K. Beven and M. J. Kirkby (eds), Channel Network Hydrology. John Wiley, New York. pp. 69–98. Beven, K. and Germann, P. 1982. 'Macropores and water flow in soils', Wat. Resour. Res., 18, 1311–1325. Beven, K. and Kirkby, M. J. 1979. 'A physically based, variable contributing area model of basin hydrology', Hydrol. Sci. Bull., 24, 43–69. Boussinesq, J. 1904. 'Recherches théoriques sur l'écoulement des nappes d'eau infiltrées dans le sol et sur le débit des sources', J. Math. Pures Appl., 10, 5–78. Brooks, B. H. and Corey, A. T. 1964. ' Hydraulic properties of porous media', Hydrol. Pap. 3, Colo. State Univ., Fort Collins. Chiari, A. 1984. ' Idrologia ed idrogeologia dei bacini del Torrente Bracciasco e del Lago Palù, Valmalenco, Sondrio', Tesi di laurea, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano. Cunge, J. A. 1969. 'On the subject of a flood propagation computation method (Muskingum method)', J. Hydraul. Res., 7, 205–230. Emmett, W. W. 1978. ' Overland flow', in M. J. Kirkby (ed.), Hillslope Hydrology. John Wiley and Sons, New York. pp. 145–176. Loague, K. 1990. 'R-5 revisited, 2. Reevaluation of a quasi-physically based rainfall-runoff model with supplemental information', Wat. Resour. Res., 26, 973–987. Loague, K. and Gander, G. A. 1990. 'R-5 revisited, 1. Spatial variability of infiltration on a small rangeland catchment', Wat. Resour. Res., 26, 957–971. Montgomery, D. R. and Foufoula-Georgiou, E. 1993. Channel network source representation using digital elevation models', Wat. Resour. Res., 29, 3925–3934. Moore, I. D. and Grayson, R. B. 1991. 'Terrain-based catchment partitioning and runoff prediction using vector elevation data', Wat. Resour. Res., 27, 1177–1191. Mosley, M. P. 1979. 'Streamflow generation in a forested watershed, New Zealand', Wat. Resour. Res., 15, 795–806. Orlandini, S. 1998. 'A two-layer model of near-surface soil drying for time-continuous hydrologic simulations', J. Hydrol. Emgrg., ASCE, in press. Orlandini, S. and Rosso, R. 1996. 'Diffusion wave modeling of distributed catchment dynamics', J. Hydrol. Emgrg., ASCE, 1, 103–113. Orlandini, S. and Rosso, R. 1998. Parameterization of stream channel geometry in the distributed modeling of catchment dynamics', Wat. Resour. Res., 34, 1971–1985. Orlandini, S., Mancini, M., Paniconi, C. and Rosso, R. 1996. 'Local contributions to infiltration excess runoff for a conceptual catchment scale model', Wat. Resour. Res., 32, 2003–2012. Paniconi, C. and Wood, E. F. 1993. 'A detailed model for simulation of catchment scale subsurface hydrologic processes', Wat. Resour. Res., 29, 1601–1620. Philip, J. R. 1954. 'An infiltration equation with physical significance, Soil Sci., 77, 153–157. Philip, J. R. 1980. 'Field heterogeneity: some basic issues', Wat. Resour. Res., 16, 443–448. Ponce, V. M. 1986. 'Diffusion wave modeling of catchment dynamics', J. Hydrol. Emgrg., ASCE, 112, 716–727. Ponce, V. M. and Yevjevich, V. 1978. 'Muskingum–Cunge method with variable parameters', J. Hydr. Div., ASCE, 104, 1663–1667. Richards, L. A. 1931. 'Capillary conduction of liquids through porous media', Physics, 1, 318–333. Sfondrini, G. 1986. ' Alcuni aspetti del regime idraulico di un bacino alpino: Torrente Bracciasco e Lago Palù, Valmalenco' (in Italian), in Atti del Convegno Valmalenco Natura 1, Sondrio, 26–28 Settembre, pp. 259–275. Sivapalan, M., Beven, K. and Wood, E. F. 1987. 'On hydrologic similarity, 2. A scaled model of storm runoff production', Wat. Resour. Res., 23, 2266–2278. Sloan, P. G. and Moore, I. D. 1984. 'Modelling subsurface stormflow on steeply sloping forested watersheds', Wat. Resour. Res., 20, 1815–1822. Troch, P. A., De Troch, F. P. and Brutsaert, W. 1993a. 'Effective water table depth to describe initial conditions prior to storm rainfall in humid regions', Wat. Resour. Res., 29, 427–434. Troch, P. A., Mancini, M., Paniconi, C. and Wood, E. F. 1993b. 'Evaluation of a distributed catchment scale water balance model', Wat. Resour. Res., 29, 1805–1817. Citing Literature Volume13, Issue4March 1999Pages 549-562 ReferencesRelatedInformation