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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-915
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-915
24 May 2023
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Direct integration of reservoirs’ operations in a hydrological model for streamflow estimation: coupling a CLSTM model with MOHID-Land

Ana R. Oliveira, Tiago B. Ramos, Lígia Pinto, and Ramiro Neves

Abstract. Knowledge about streamflow regimes and values is essential for different activities and situations, in which justified decisions must be made. However, streamflow behavior is commonly assumed as non-linear, being controlled by various mechanisms that act on different temporal and spatial scales, making its estimate challenging. An example is the construction and operation of infrastructures such as dams and reservoirs in rivers. The challenges faced by modelers to correctly describe the impact of dams on hydrological systems are considerable. In this study, an already implemented, calibrated, and validated solution of MOHID-Land model for natural regime flow in Ulla River basin was considered as baseline. The referred watershed comprehends three reservoirs. Outflow values were estimated considering a basic operation rule for two of them (run-of-the-river dams) and considering a data-driven model of Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory (CLSTM) type for the other (high-capacity dam). The outflow values obtained with the CLSTM model were imposed in the hydrological model, while the hydrological model fed the CLSTM model with the level and the inflow of the reservoir. This coupled system was daily evaluated in two hydrometric stations located downstream of the reservoirs, resulting in an improved performance compared with the baseline application. The analysis of the modelled values with and without reservoirs further demonstrated that considering dams’ operations in the hydrological model resulted in an increase of the streamflow during the dry season and a decrease during the wet season but with no differences in the average streamflow. The coupled system is thus a promising solution for improving streamflow estimates in modified rivers.

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This paper intends to demonstrate the adequacy of a hybrid solution to overcome the difficulties related to the incorporation of human behaviour when modelling hydrological processes. Two models were implemented, one to estimate the outflow of a reservoir and the other to simulate the hydrological processes of the watershed. With both models feeding each other, results show that the proposed approach significantly improved the streamflow estimation downstream reservoir.