Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process Simulation

Urbanization has led to an increase in impervious areas and, consequently, an increase in the surface runoff volume and runoff rate. This has exacerbated urban flooding and highlighted the importance of modeling urban hydrological processes. The Waterview Community of Hangzhou City (WCHC) was taken...

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Main Authors: Chaohui Chen, Yindong Zhang, Yihan Lou, Ziyi Tang, Pin Wang, Tangao Hu
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/11/1808
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author Chaohui Chen
Yindong Zhang
Yihan Lou
Ziyi Tang
Pin Wang
Tangao Hu
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Yindong Zhang
Yihan Lou
Ziyi Tang
Pin Wang
Tangao Hu
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description Urbanization has led to an increase in impervious areas and, consequently, an increase in the surface runoff volume and runoff rate. This has exacerbated urban flooding and highlighted the importance of modeling urban hydrological processes. The Waterview Community of Hangzhou City (WCHC) was taken as the study area, and three scenarios were developed: the original scenario, the rough description scenario, and the fine description scenario. The urban hydrological processes were simulated through a coupled model incorporating actual measurements and four design precipitation events (1-year, 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year return periods). The results show the following: (1) The refined depiction scenario has the highest accuracy in terms of measured precipitation, with an average error of 0.54 cm. (2) During different precipitation return periods, the refined depiction scenario shows the smallest range of accumulated water, with a more realistic distribution. On average, it differed from the original scenario by 21.45% and from the rough depiction scenario by 32.18%. (3) The simulation results after the refinement of the feature boundaries are more reasonable in terms of the flow rate and flow direction, indicating that the simulation results have better dynamics. The results showed that refined boundary conditions improved the accuracy and dynamics of urban hydrological simulations, especially in terms of their reflection of actual water accumulation under varying precipitation conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-d5a69198ce78451eaa9d20eba83c2e2c2025-08-20T02:05:03ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2024-11-011311180810.3390/land13111808Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process SimulationChaohui Chen0Yindong Zhang1Yihan Lou2Ziyi Tang3Pin Wang4Tangao Hu5Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Urban Wetlands and Regional Change, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, ChinaZhejiang Academy of Emergency Management Science, Hangzhou 310061, ChinaZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Urban Wetlands and Regional Change, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, ChinaZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Urban Wetlands and Regional Change, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, ChinaZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Urban Wetlands and Regional Change, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, ChinaZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Urban Wetlands and Regional Change, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, ChinaUrbanization has led to an increase in impervious areas and, consequently, an increase in the surface runoff volume and runoff rate. This has exacerbated urban flooding and highlighted the importance of modeling urban hydrological processes. The Waterview Community of Hangzhou City (WCHC) was taken as the study area, and three scenarios were developed: the original scenario, the rough description scenario, and the fine description scenario. The urban hydrological processes were simulated through a coupled model incorporating actual measurements and four design precipitation events (1-year, 5-year, 10-year, and 20-year return periods). The results show the following: (1) The refined depiction scenario has the highest accuracy in terms of measured precipitation, with an average error of 0.54 cm. (2) During different precipitation return periods, the refined depiction scenario shows the smallest range of accumulated water, with a more realistic distribution. On average, it differed from the original scenario by 21.45% and from the rough depiction scenario by 32.18%. (3) The simulation results after the refinement of the feature boundaries are more reasonable in terms of the flow rate and flow direction, indicating that the simulation results have better dynamics. The results showed that refined boundary conditions improved the accuracy and dynamics of urban hydrological simulations, especially in terms of their reflection of actual water accumulation under varying precipitation conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/11/1808land featureurban floodsimulationcoupled model
spellingShingle Chaohui Chen
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Yihan Lou
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Pin Wang
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Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process Simulation
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land feature
urban flood
simulation
coupled model
title Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process Simulation
title_full Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process Simulation
title_fullStr Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process Simulation
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process Simulation
title_short Impact of Refined Boundary Conditions of Land Objects on Urban Hydrological Process Simulation
title_sort impact of refined boundary conditions of land objects on urban hydrological process simulation
topic land feature
urban flood
simulation
coupled model
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/11/1808
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