Green roofs may make an important contribution to urban stormwater management. Rainfall-runoff models are required to evaluate green roof responses to specific rainfall inputs. The roof's hydrological response is a function of its configuration, with the substrate – or growing media – providing both retention and detention of rainfall. The objective of the research described here is to quantify the detention effects due to green roof substrates, and to propose a suitable hydrological modelling approach. Laboratory results from experimental detention tests on green roof substrates are presented. It is shown that detention increases with substrate depth and as a result of increasing substrate organic content. Model structures based on reservoir routing are evaluated, and it is found that a one-parameter reservoir routing model coupled with a parameter that describes the delay to start of runoff best fits the observed data. Preliminary findings support the hypothesis that the reservoir routing parameter values can be defined from the substrate's physical characteristics.
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October 01 2013
Experimental analysis of green roof substrate detention characteristics
Marcus H. N. Yio;
Marcus H. N. Yio
1Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
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Virginia Stovin;
1Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
E-mail: v.stovin@sheffield.ac.uk
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Jörg Werdin;
Jörg Werdin
1Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
*Formerly at ZinCo GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str. 2, 72622 Nuertingen, Germany
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Gianni Vesuviano
Gianni Vesuviano
1Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
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Water Sci Technol (2013) 68 (7): 1477–1486.
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Received:
November 13 2012
Accepted:
May 16 2013
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Marcus H. N. Yio, Virginia Stovin, Jörg Werdin, Gianni Vesuviano; Experimental analysis of green roof substrate detention characteristics. Water Sci Technol 1 October 2013; 68 (7): 1477–1486. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2013.381
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