The stormwater management model (SWMM) was adapted and calibrated to Jinan, a typical piedmont city in China, to verify the large-scale applicability of the model to piedmont cities. Fourteen storms were used for model calibration and validation. The calibrated model predicted the measured data with satisfactory accuracy and reliability. A sensitivity analysis was then conducted to evaluate the impact of the model parameters; it showed that: (1) the model outputs were most sensitive to imperviousness and conduit roughness; and (2) infiltration parameters and depression storage play an important role in total runoff and peak flow. The urban drainage system of Jinan was assessed using urban design storms with the calibrated model, and the effects of engineered flood control measures were evaluated. The overall results demonstrate that SWMM is applicable on a large scale to piedmont cities.
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Application of the stormwater management model to a piedmont city: a case study of Jinan City, China Available to Purchase
Haijun Yu;
Haijun Yu
1School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Guoru Huang;
2State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Chuanhao Wu
Chuanhao Wu
1School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Water Sci Technol (2014) 70 (5): 858–864.
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Received:
March 14 2014
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June 23 2014
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Haijun Yu, Guoru Huang, Chuanhao Wu; Application of the stormwater management model to a piedmont city: a case study of Jinan City, China. Water Sci Technol 1 September 2014; 70 (5): 858–864. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.302
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