Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1993 Hydrologic Modelling With a Spatial Database. Richard Gilbert Greene Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Greene, Richard Gilbert, "Hydrologic Modelling With a Spatial Database." (1993). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 5635. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/5635 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. 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Ann Arbor, MI 48106 HYDROLOGIC MODELLING WITH A SPATIAL DATABASE A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Civil Engineering by Richard Gilbert Greene B.S., The Ohio State University, 1985 M.S., The Ohio State University, 1987 December 1993 DEDICATION To my parents, Nedd Aubrey and Eileen Christina Greene, my wife, Meredith, and daughters, Giselle and Kristen, for their sacrifices made over the years. This dissertation is a manifestation of their love and encouragement. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express my appreciation to everyone who contributed to the completion of this work. I am especially grateful to Dr. James Cruise (major professor) and Dr. Nina Lam (minor professor) for their guidance and support. I also wish to express thanks to Dr. Vijay Singh, Dr. Donald Adrian and Dr. Charles Harlow for their advice and for serving on my graduate advisory committee. I am also grateful to the Director and staff of the Remote Sensing and Image Processing Laboratory for allowing me to use their computer facilities. I am especially thankful to Christopher Schwehm for his assistance with the computer equipment. Finally, to all my friends and relatives, particularly my wife Meredith and daughters, Giselle and Kristen, I am appreciative of their enormous support and understanding during the period of my studies. TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION ...........................................................................................................................ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .....................................................................................................iii LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................vi LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................. viii ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................xi INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................. 6 Geographic Information Systems O verview .................................................... 6 Spatial Data Structure ............................................................................................ 7 ARC/INFO Geographic Information System ................................................. 8 ARC/INFO Data M odel ......................................................................................... 9 GIS and Hydrology ............................................................................................ 11 GIS and Hydrologic M odelling .......................................................... 11 Surface Representation .......................................................................... 14 Study Approach ..................................................................................................... 15 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 17 The Spatial Database............................................................................................ 18 The Ward Creek Watershed ............................................................................ 19 Utilization of the Spatial Database ................................................................... 34 Hydraulic Routing ............................................................................................... 61 Kinematic Wave Modelling of Overland Flow ........................................... 62 Kinematic Wave Modelling of Channel F lo w .............................................. 64 Solution for Kinematic Wave Equations ....................................................... 64 Hydrologic M odelling ......................................................................................... 67 Effective Rainfall .................................................................................................. 69 Modelling Strategy ............................................................................................... 76 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ................................................................................... 85 Effects on Discharge Due to Scalar Changes .............................................. 94 Effects on Discharge Due to Spatial Changes .............................................. 97 Sensitivity of Discharge to Surface Roughness C o effic ien t...................... 117 Effects on Discharge from AREA B Due to Spatial Changes ................... 123 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................126 iv REFERENCES .................................................................................................................... 129 APPENDICES ....................................................................................................................... 137 Appendix A: Typical Spatial Database Output - Surface Characteristics ............................................................................................ 138 Appendix B: Typical Spatial Database Output - Channel Characteristics ............................................................................................142 Appendix C: Typical ARC/INFO Arc Macro Language Programs. 144 Appendix D: Typical Programs for Routing of the Discharge Hydrographs .............................................................................................. 161 VITA ...................................................................................................................................... 190 LIST OF TABLES 1. Data sources and scales of data for the upper Ward Creek watershed. 21 2. A portion of the topographic coverage, WARDTOPO, feature attribute table............................................................................................................................ 24 3. A portion of the soil coverage, SOIL, feature attribute table ........................ 27 4. A portion of the pervious-impervious coverage, WARDPERV, feature attribute table................................................................... 31 5. A portion of the storm drain, STORMDRAIN2, feature attribute coverage table............................................................................................................................ 33 6. A portion of the soil and surface overlay coverage, WARDPERVSOIL, feature attribute table ............................................................................................. 39 7. Relate relations for soil and surface feature attribute tables ..........................