Giovanni-Prieto, Marcel

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Development of a regional integrated hydrologic model for a tropical watershed
(2007) Giovanni-Prieto, Marcel; Harmsen, Eric W.; College of Engineering; Rivera, Jorge; Padilla, Ingrid Y.; Department of Civil Engineering; Gilbes, Fernando
A preliminary hydrologic regional conceptual model was developed for a coastal tropical basin and implemented in an integrated, fully distributed, physically based, numerical model. The model attempts to include features of both the surface and subsurface hydrologic systems. During the development of the model, a geographic information system was developed to storage, manage, and process geographic information; and to produce the inputs required by the numerical model. Some preliminary runs were performed to check the response of the model to variation of some parameter values, in terms of the aggregated total annual discharge of two rivers at flow gauging stations, and the ground-water head at some locations within the study area. Limitations and assumptions of the conceptual model were stated; and recommendations for its future refinement and calibration are presented.