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JEH Volume 9 (2001), Paper 9, May 2001
Posted May 3, 2001
EVALUATION OF THE HEC-1 MODEL FOR FLOOD FORECASTING AND SIMULATION
IN THE HORMOZGAN PROVINCE, IRAN
Saeid Morid
University of Tarbiat Modarres, Tehran, Iran
H. Ghaemi
Iranian Meteorological Organisation, Mehr-Abad Air Port, Tehran,
Iran
H. Mir Abolghasemi
Tehran Ab-Khak Consulting Engineers, Karadj, Iran
M. Abediny
Tehran Water Authority, Hejab St., Tehran, Iran
ABSTRACT
Frequent flood occurrences in the Hormozgan province in the south
of Iran cause immense damage to infrastructure, parts of cities and numerous
villages, and also claim a number of lives. To study floods of this province,
and a means to control them, an integrated plan in a multidisciplinary
perspective was formulated with a focus on the hydrology of the province.
The main obstacle for hydrology studies was the availability of discharge
data. Because of this problem, rainfall-runoff simulation was identified
as the better way to analyze flood hydrographs and frequency. To acquire
data, more than 90 rainfall stations and 20 discharge stations in the province
and surrounding areas were analyzed. For proposed simulation we assessed
different models, and from them we selected HEC-1. Results of wide implementation
of this package to the study area show its good performance for flood simulation
and prediction, but some points should be considered. These are discussed
in the paper.
Reference: Morid, S., H. Ghaemi, H. Mir Abolghasemi,
and M. Abediny; Evaluation of the HEC-1 Model for Flood Forecasting
and Simulation in the Hormozgan Province, Iran, Journal of Environmental
Hydrology, Vol. 9, Paper 9, May 2001.
CONTACT:
Saeid Morid
Indian Institute of Technology
Hauz Khas
New Delhi
110016 India