Urban runoff (URO) process for MODFLOW 2005: simulation of sub-grid scale urban hydrologic processes in Broward County, FL
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Abstract
Climate change and sea-level rise could cause substantial changes in urban runoff and flooding in low-lying coast landscapes. A major challenge for local government officials and decision makers is to translate the potential global effects of climate change into actionable and cost-effective adaptation and mitigation strategies at county and municipal scales. A MODFLOW process is used to represent sub-grid scale hydrology in urban settings to help address these issues. Coupled interception, surface water, depression, and unsaturated zone storage are represented. A two-dimensional diffusive wave approximation is used to represent overland flow. Three different options for representing infiltration and recharge are presented. Additional features include structure, barrier, and culvert flow between adjacent cells, specified stage boundaries, critical flow boundaries, source/sink surface-water terms, and the bi-directional runoff to MODFLOW Surface-Water Routing process. Some abilities of the Urban RunOff (URO) process are demonstrated with a synthetic problem using four land uses and varying cell coverages. Precipitation from a hypothetical storm was applied and cell by cell surface-water depth, groundwater level, infiltration rate, and groundwater recharge rate are shown. Results indicate the URO process has the ability to produce time-varying, water-content dependent infiltration and leakage, and successfully interacts with MODFLOW.
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Decker, J.D., Hughes, J., 2013, Urban runoff (URO) process for MODFLOW 2005: simulation of sub-grid scale urban hydrologic processes in Broward County, FL, p. 216-221.
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| Publication type | Book |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference publication |
| Title | Urban runoff (URO) process for MODFLOW 2005: simulation of sub-grid scale urban hydrologic processes in Broward County, FL |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Integrated GroundWater Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines |
| Publisher location | Golden, CO |
| Description | p. 216-221 |
| Larger Work Title | MODFLOW and More 2013: Translating Science into Practice: Conference Proceedings |
| Conference Title | MODFLOW and More 2013: Translating Science into Practice |
| Conference Location | Golden, CO |
| Conference Date | 2013-06-02T00:00:00 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Broward County |