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Evaluation of relief aspects morphometric parameters derived from different sources of DEMs and its effects over time of concentration of runoff (TC)

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An attempt has been made to study the relief aspects from three different sources of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) viz., Survey of India (SOI) topographic map (1:25,000), Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM-90 m and SRTM-30 m) and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER-30 m). These aspects are evaluated to examine differences among them and their influence on time of concentration (TC) of runoff at Moolbari Experimental Watershed (MEW), Sub Himalayan region (Shimla, District of Himachal Pradesh) India. For detailed study of relief aspects, morphometry parameters, SOI topographic map (as base map) were used. The results show that the relief aspects morphometric parameters derived from the SRTM30m and ASTER30m lie between SOI topographic map, and SRTM90m. We estimated TC of 21 micro watersheds from different sources DEMs by using Kirpich, Johnstone, Témez, and Barnsby equation only. Témez and Barnsby equation demonstrate high potential for the identification of TC from SOI Topographic map, SRTM90m, ASTER and SRTM30m DEMs. TC_Topo has a positive relationship with TC_SRTM90m, TC_ASTER and TC_SRTM30m for both Témez, and Barnsby equation with R2=0.804Topo & SRTM90m, 0.810Topo & ASTER & 0.839Topo & SRTM30m and 0.712Topo & SRTM90m, 0.747 Topo & ASTER & 0.785 Topo & SRTM30m. Further statistical test of Témez, and Barnsby equation based TC, only Témez equation based TC qualify/satisfy the statistical test. by considering all freeware DEMs a Semi-empirical model (SEM) has been developed, where TC predicted in term of TC_Topo is a function of TC_SRTM90m, TC_ASTER and TC_SRTM30m. This SEM has R2=0.883 and adjusted R= 0.874, Multiple R=0.907 and with Standard Error =2.131 at 95% confidence level. Comparison of the TC derived from the multiple regressions among three DEMs with TC_Topo shows an RMSE of 3.803, R-RMSE of 0.169, NRMSE of 0.342, R2 of 0.89, and RMSE% of 3.296 for Témez equation.

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Authors are highly grateful to the Project Director (WTC), Joint Director (Research) and the Director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi for kindly providing the necessary facilities for data analysis during the project time period. And authors also wish to thank the P. I. of the SAC Ahmedabad sponsored project and the Project Director WTC for having given permission to publish the paper. The first author gratefully acknowledges the ISRO (SAC) Ahmedabad, for the financial assistance given to the project in which he served as a Research Associate and received the finance in form of a Research Associate grant.

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  2. WTC, IARI, New Delhi, India

    Anil Kumar Mishra

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Rawat, K.S., Mishra, A.K. Evaluation of relief aspects morphometric parameters derived from different sources of DEMs and its effects over time of concentration of runoff (TC). Earth Sci Inform 9, 409–424 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-016-0261-7

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