Hydrological Modeling of Stream Flow
Over Netravathi River Basin
S. Ashish, Subrahmanya Kundapura, and Vadivuchezhian Kaliveeran
Abstract Riverine resources which are the basis of life are being transformed
through urbanization. This has to be analyzed effectively in order to rejuvenate
riverine ecosystems. The effects of land-use dynamics are a factor to be analyzed, and
using hydrological modeling which is adopted in this study aids for the same. Soil
and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is used as an effective tool in modeling the river
basin due to its ability to quantify the alternate input data provided to the model.
14-year daily data was simulated in the model provided; the warm-up period for
the model is 2 years. Coefficient of determination value of 0.74 and Nash–Sutcliffe
efficiency (NSE) to be 0.71 were obtained from the analysis which indicate that the
simulated values fall within a good range. The parameters which influence most are
found to be curve number, available water capacity in the soil, groundwater delay,
Manning’s n and plant uptake compensation. The fitted range was obtained, and this
was used to increase the accuracy in SWAT Calibration and Uncertainty Procedures
(SWAT-CUP). Sequential Uncertainty Fitting ver.2 (SUFI2) was found to be effective
because of its uncertainty consideration criteria, and it accounts for all uncertainties
that may occur in the mode. Hydrological modeling of a river basin can help us to
assess the impact of alternative input data on the stream flow.
Keywords SWAT · Hydrological · Modeling · Netravathi · Stream flow
S. Ashish (B ) · S. Kundapura · V. Kaliveeran
Department of Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics, National Institute of Technology Karnataka,
Surathkal, Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka 575025, India
e-mail: ashish.shankar0894@gmail.com
S. Kundapura
e-mail: subrahmanyakundapura@gmail.com
V. Kaliveeran
e-mail: vadivuchezhian_k@yahoo.co.in
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M. C. Narasimhan et al. (eds.), Trends in Civil Engineering and Challenges
for Sustainability, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 99,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6828-2_52
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