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A Case Study of Extensive Green Roof System for Tropical Climate in Malaysia

  • Kok, Kah Hoong;Jung, Kwansue;Sidek, Lariyah Mohd;Abidin, Mohd Roseli Zainal;Felix, Micah Lourdes
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.329-329
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    • 2016
  • Rapid urbanization has taken environmental toll on the surrounding which can be witnessed by the advent of global warming and climate change. Driven by environmental needs, Green Building Index (GBI) was established in Malaysia to drive initiative to lead the property industry towards becoming more environmental friendly. Green roofs (roof with vegetated cover) as one of the assessment criteria of GBI, are gaining attention in the Malaysian society as a versatile new environmental friendly mitigation technology. This paper evaluates the qualitative and quantitative performances of an extensive green roof at Humid Tropics Centre under local tropical climate. Simulations showed that the extensive green roof system could reduce the peak discharge up to 26% in relation to impervious brown roof. Its reduction ability decreased for storms with intense rainfall. Increment of pH was observed for the green roof runoff and the runoff water quality ranged between class I and II under Water Quality Index (WQI). High concentrations of phosphate were noticed in the runoff samples and substrates (fertilized planting soil) might be the potential contributor. Findings indicate that there was a reduction of around $1.5^{\circ}C$ for indoor temperature of the building after installation of the extensive green roof.

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An Offer of Relation between Rainfall and Unit Hydrograph in a Small Basin (소규모 유역에서 강우와 단위유량도의 관계 제시)

  • Yoo, Ju-Hwan
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.43 no.7
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    • pp.635-643
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    • 2010
  • A representative unit hydrograph responding to a small basin is used to calculate the flood discharge in the basin. The peak discharge and the time to peak of the unit hydrograph are dealt with its characteristic values. In this study it is shown and analyzed the fluctuations at peak discharges and times to peak of unit hydrographs by rainfall storms in a small national basin $8.5\;km^2$ wide are no small. And on assumption that a major factor in the fluctuations of the unit hydrographs in a small basin be rainfall intensity of a rainstorm, both relations of peak discharge and time to peak with rainfall intensity are suggested as exponential functions respectively. In this result although it is a limit of the study in which its result is accompanied with not small dispersion in the peak values of unit hydrograph due to a defect in used data it is sure an averaging regression relation between peak discharge and time to peak with rainfall intensity as identified in this study has hydrological worth from the complementary viewpoint of the theory of unit hydrograph.

Mathematical Description of Soil Loss by Runoff at Inclined Upland of Maize Cultivation (옥수수 재배 경사지 밭에서 물 유출에 따른 토양유실 예측 공식)

  • Hur, Seung-Oh;Jung, Kang-Ho;Ha, Sang-Keon;Kwak, Han-Kang;Kim, Jeong-Gyu
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2005
  • Soil loss into stream and river by runoff shall be considered for non-point source pollution management as national land conservation. The purpose of this study was to develop the mathematical equation to predict soil loss from inclined uplands of maize cultivation due to the runoff by rainfall which mainly converges on July and August. Soil loss was concentrated on May because of low canopy over an entire field in 2002 and on June and July because of heavy rainfall in 2003. By regression analysis the relation between runoff and soil loss can be represented by a linear equation of y =1.5291x - 3.4933, where y is runoff ($Mg\;ha^{-1}$) and x is soil loss ($kg\;ha^{-1}$). The determination coefficient of this equation was 0.839 (P<0.001). Therefore, the mathematical equation derived from the practical experiment at the inclined upland can be applicable to predict soil loss accompanied by runoff due to periodic rainfall converging on short periods within a couple of months.

A Study on Basin Characteristics of Small Stream System (소하천 수계의 유역특성에 관한 연구)

  • An, Sang-Jin;Yun, Yeong-Nam;Gang, Gwan-Won
    • Water for future
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 1977
  • The stream morphological characteristics of a watershed play a significant role in the analysis of rainfall-runoff relations in a river basin and a quantitative description of these characteristics is essential for determining the appropriate values of physical parameters of a watershed which usually are input data for rainfall-runoff simulation models. In this study the stream morphological characteristics of the Gab River basin, which is one of the three major tributaries of Geum River, was determined quantitatively by the Horton-Strahler's method. The result showed that the Gab River System was developed very closely to the patterns generally described by the laws of Horton. The basic relations concerning the morphological characteristics deriveed in this study are the relations of stream length, and average stream slope, the stream length-drainage area relation, relative height-relative drainage area relation, and the relation between the proportional stream order and drainage area. No correlation analysis was possible between the morphological parameters and the streamflow due to non-existence of the stage gauging stations on the Gab River System.

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Quantification of Directional Properties of Channel Network and Hill Slope (하천망과 사면의 방향성 정량화)

  • Park, Changyeol;Yoo, Chulsang
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.31 no.3B
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    • pp.233-242
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    • 2011
  • This study quantified directional properties of channel network and hill slope for a river basin by applying the von Mises distribution, also examined the relation between them. Ultimately, it was examined that whether the directional properties of channel network and hill slope have a certain relation, which might be considered to the rainfall-runoff modeling. From the results derived by analyzing the Naesung stream basin, the von Mises distribution was found well to explain the directional characteristics of directional properties of channel network. There was a clear relation between directional properties of channel network and hill slope. The higher-order streams also showed very obvious modal characteristics. The results derived in this study could be helpful to estimate more quantitatively the difference in the runoff response with respect to the directional properties of channel network and hill slope.

GIUH Model for River Runoff Estimation (하천 유출량 산정을 위한 GIUH모델)

  • 이순탁;박종권
    • Water for future
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.267-278
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    • 1987
  • This study aims at the decision of geomorphologic instantaneous unit hydrograph(GIUH) model parameter fore the ungaged or the data deficiented Basin, to analyze rainfall runoff relation in river basin by applying queueing theory with geomorphologic factors.The concept of GIUH model is based upon the principle of queueing theory of rain drops which may follow many possible routes during rainfall period within watershed system to ist outlet. Overland flow and stream flow can be simulated, respectively, by linear reservoir and linear channel conceptual models. Basically, the model is a mon-lineal and time variant hydrologic system model. The techniques of applying are adopted subarea method and mean-value method, the watershed is divided according to its stream number and order. To prove it to be applicable, the GIUH model is applied to the Wi-Stream basin of Nak-Dong River(Basin area; 475.53$\textrm{km}^2$), southen part of Korea. The simulated and the observed direct runoff hydrographs are compared with the peak discharge, times to peak and coefficients of efficiency, respectively, and the results show quite satisfactory.Therefore, th GIUH model can be extensively applied for the runoff analysis in the ungaged and the data deficiented basin.

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Application of SWMM for Management of the Non-point Source in Urban Area -Case Study on the Pohang City- (도시지역 비점오염원 관리를 위한 SWMM의 적용 -포항시를 대상으로-)

  • Lee, Jae-Yong;Jang, Seong-Ho;Park, Jin-Sik
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.247-254
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    • 2008
  • Non-point source pollution that originates from surface applied chemicals in either liquid or solid form is a part of urban activities and it appears in the surface runoff caused by rainfall. This study investigates the characteristics of non point source pollution in relation to storm events and the first washing effect in the Study area, which is comprised of different land use types. Then, a Best Management Practices (BMP) model, for urban areas, is applied with the Storm water Management Model (SWMM) Windows Interface which was developed by the EPA in the USA. During the storm event analysis of the hydrographic and pollutographic data showed that the peak of pollutants concentration was within the peak flow, 30 to 60 minute into the storm event in the Study area. The results of simulation using SWMM Windows Interface, Structure Techniques as applied in the study were highly efficient for removal of pollutants. Predicted removal efficiency was 26.0% for SS, 22.1 for BOD, 24.1% for COD, 20.6% for T-N, and 21.6% for T-P, respectively.

Geomorphologic Nash Model with Variable Width Function

  • Thuy, Nguyen Thi Phuong;Kim, Joo-Cheol;Jung, Kwansue
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.212-212
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    • 2015
  • So far, geomorphologic dispersion due to the heterogeneity characteristics of flow paths in a basin has been demonstrated as a major factor affecting to the hydrologic response function of a catchment. This effect has considered by many previous studies taking into account flow path length factors, especially in the application of width function. Based upon the analysis of topographic index, another important geomorphologic factor extracted from DEM data, this work presents a new factor named saturation to evaluate its effects to the formation of the well-known instantaneous unit hydrograph (IUH) in Nash model and drainage structure in a river basin. First, the geomorphologic parameters corresponding to different saturation conditions are computed from DEM data with the support of GIS software. Then, in the combination of hydrologic and geomorphologic data, effective rainfall in each saturation degree and the Nash parameters are calculated using excel. Finally, the verification process with direct runoff data is conducted using Fortran programming. This process is applied to five sub-watersheds in Bocheong catchment ($485.21km^2$) in Korea where the necessary data are available and believable. The results from this approach will improve researchers and students'understandings about the relationship between rainfall and runoff and its relation with drainage structure within a catchment.

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Critical Duration of Design Rainfall for the Design of Storm Sewer in Seoul (우수관거 설계를 위한 계획강우의 임계지속기간 -서울 지역을 중심으로-)

  • 이재준;이정식;전병호;이종태
    • Water for future
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 1993
  • A hydrological method is performed to determine the critical duration of design rainfall for the design of storm sewer in Seoul. To seize the effect of the duration and the temporal distribution of the rainfall to the peak discharge of the storm sewer, the Huff's quartile method is used as a temporal pattern for the design rainfall of any durations (9 cases for 20-240 min.) with 10 years return period. The critical duration of design rainfall is determined as the duration which maximizes the peak discharge. This study is applied to 18 urban drainage systems in Seoul. The ILLUDAS model is applied to runoff analysis, and the result shows that the duration which maximizes peak discharge is 30, 60 minutes generally. The relation diagram between peak discharge for the critical duration and watershed area is prepared for the design of storm sewer.

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Relation of Run- off and Canopy Interception to Rainfall in a Mixed Forest (혼효림(混淆林)에서 강우량(降雨量)이 유출량(流出量) 및 수관차단률(樹冠遮斷率)에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Sang Hwan
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.36-38
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    • 1977
  • Some characteristics of rainfall interception and surface runoff from total rainfall at a forest stand mixed with Pinus densiflora and Alnus hirsuta in 1975 was analysised and the results obtained are as fellow; 1. The annual interception of rainfall by the forest canopy was 19.3 percent to annual rainfall 1,072.7mm. 2. The rate of rainfall interception in the dry season as spring and early summer was of 20 to 50 percent and less than 15 percent in the rainy season as summer. 3. About 50 percent of rainfall was intercepted in case of less than 10mm of every rainfall by the forest canopy and, in more than 20mm, about 20 percent intercepted.

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