Sains Malaysiana 43(9)(2014): 1379–1388

Semi-distributed Rainfall-runoff Modeling utilizing ASTER DEM

in Pinang Catchment of Malaysia

(Model Separa Ederan Curahan Hujan-Aliran menggunakan ASTER DEM di Kawasan Tadahan

Pinang Malaysia)

ALI H. AHMED SULIMAN¹*, WEBSTER GUMINDOGA², AYOB KATIMON³

& INTAN ZAURAH MAT DARUS⁴

¹Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM, Skudai

Malaysia

²Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, PO Box MP 167, Harare

Zimbabwe

³School of Bioprocess Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 01000 Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia

⁴Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM, Skudai, Malaysia

Received: 24 July 2013/Accepted: 17 December 2013

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the application of TOPMODEL in the Pinang catchment of Malaysia for stream flow simulation. An attempt has been made to use remote-sensing data (ASTER DEM of 30 m resolution) as a primary input for TOPMODEL in order to simulate the stream flow pattern of this tropical catchment. A calibration period was executed based on 2007-2008 hydro-meteorological dataset which gave a satisfactory Nash-Sutcliffe model (NS) model efficiency of 0.749 and a relative volume error (RVE) of -19.2. The recession curve parameter (m) and soil transmissivity at saturation zone (To), were established as the most sensitive parameters through a sensitivity analysis processes. Hydro-meteorological datasets for the period between 2009 and 2010 were used to validate the model which resulted in satisfactory efficiencies of 0.774 (NS) and -19.84 (RVE), respectively. This study demonstrated the ability ASTER DEM acquired from remote sensing to generate the required TOPMODEL parameters for stream flow simulation which gives insights into better management of available water resources.

Keywords: ASTER DEM; Pinang; remote sensing; sensitivity analysis; topographic index (TI) tropical area

ABSTRAK

Kertas kerja ini membentangkan penggunaan TOPMODEL di kawasan tadahan Pinang, Malaysia bagi simulasi aliran sungai. Percubaan telah dibuat untuk menggunakan data penderiaan jauh (ASTER DEM resolusi 30 m) sebagai input utama bagi TOPMODEL untuk mensimulasikan corak aliran sungai tadahan tropika ini. Tempoh penentukuran telah disempurnakan berdasarkan dataset meteorologi hidro 2007-2008 yang memuaskan model Nash-Sutcliffe (NS); model kecekapan 0.749 dan relatif jumlah kesilapan (RVE)-19.2. Parameter lengkung kemelesetan (m) dan kememancaran tanah di zon tepu (To), telah ditubuhkan sebagai parameter yang paling sensitif melalui proses analisis sensitiviti. Meteorologi hidro dataset untuk tempoh antara tahun 2009 dan 2010 telah digunakan untuk mengesahkan model yang mengakibatkan kecekapan yang memuaskan masing-masing 0.774 (NS) dan-19.84 (RVE). Kajian ini menunjukkan keupayaan yang diperoleh ASTER DEM daripada teknologi pengesanan jarak jauh untuk menjana parameter TOPMODEL yang diperlukan untuk simulasi aliran sungai yang memberikan pemahaman lebih baik tentang pengurusan sumber air sedia ada.

Kata kunci: Analisis sensitiviti; DEM ASTER; indeks topografi (TI); kawasan tropika, pengesanan jarak jauh; Pinang

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