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International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies
ISSN: 2028-9324     CODEN: IJIABO     OCLC Number: 828807274     ZDB-ID: 2703985-7
 
 
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Application of hydrological model "HEC HMS" In a Mediterranean watershed (Oued Laou, Northern of Morocco)


Volume 24, Issue 4, November 2018, Pages 1773–1781

 Application of hydrological model

Mourad Aqnouy1, Jamal Eddine Stitou El Messari2, Abdelmounim Bouadila3, Ismail Bouizrou4, and M. Reda Aoulad Mansour5

1 Department of Geology, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculty of sciences, Tetouan, Morocco
2 Department of Geology, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculty of sciences, Tetouan, Morocco
3 Laboratory of Georesources and Environment, USMBA, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Fez, Morocco
4 Laboratory of Georesources and Environment, USMBA, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Fez, Morocco
5 Department of water quality, Hydrological basin agency of Loukkos, Tétouan, Morocco

Original language: English

Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract


The model HEC-HMS 3.5 has been applied to calibrate (from 2004 to 2008) and validate (from 2009 to 2012) with a daily time step, to offer the chance for describe hydrology in a Mediterranean watershed "Oued Laou" located in northern of Morocco. We based this study on two complementary approaches; observation and trend detection in the site and hydrological simulation using the HEC HMS model, these two approaches are reinforced by remote sensing, also the geographic Information System (GIS) techniques were used to determine the geometric and hydrological parameters required to estimate the parameters of the model. The model performance measured in the output of simulation give satisfactory results with an average Nash greater than 70%. We note that the model tends to underestimate volumes as well as flood peaks. These results lead to a realistic modeling of the hydrological processes in the Laou watershed and could fill a lack of information concerning the hydrological functioning of this basin. This study shows that the hydrological model HEC-HMS 3.5 can be used to model the Laou river basin, also in other similar contexts.

Author Keywords: Hydrological simulation, HEC HMS Model, GIS, Laou Watershed, Underestimate, Flood peaks.


How to Cite this Article


Mourad Aqnouy, Jamal Eddine Stitou El Messari, Abdelmounim Bouadila, Ismail Bouizrou, and M. Reda Aoulad Mansour, “Application of hydrological model "HEC HMS" In a Mediterranean watershed (Oued Laou, Northern of Morocco),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 1773–1781, November 2018.