Validation of the EROSION-3D Model through Measured Bathymetric Sediments

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Authors

NÉMETOVÁ Zuzana HONEK David KOHNOVÁ Silvia HLAVČOVÁ Kamila ŠULC MICHALKOVÁ Monika SOČUVKA Valentin VELÍSKOVÁ Yvetta

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Water
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/4/1082
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12041082
Keywords sediment budget;rainfall event; EROSION-3D;small water reservoir;
Description The testing of a model performance is important and is also a challenging part of scientific work. In this paper, the results of the physically-based EROSION-3D (Jürgen Schmidt, Berlin, Germany) model were compared with trapped sediments in a small reservoir. The model was applied to simulate runoff-erosion processes in the Svacenický Creek catchment in the western part of the Slovak Republic. The model is sufficient to identify the areas vulnerable to erosion and deposition within the catchment. The volume of sediments was measured by a bathymetric field survey during three terrain journeys (in 2015, 2016, and 2017). The results of the model point to an underestimation of the actual processes by 30% to 80%. The initial soil moisture played an important role, and the results also revealed that rainfall events are able to erode and contribute to a significant part of sediments.
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