Geographical Information System (Dam and Watershed Analysis)

Kumar Digvijay Singh02D05012

Under Guidance of Prof. Milind Sohoni

Outline

o Watershed delineationo Sinks, flat areas, flow direction, delineation etc.

o Dam Constructiono Visualization and Calculation of Storage and

Catchmento Parameters regarding dam and field usageo Demo. of tool

Introduction

o What is GIS?

o GRAM++: o GIS package developed by CSRE, IIT Bombay.o Software with modules of Map editing, Raster

analysis, Terrain Modeling, Watershed delineation.

o Objectives of project.

Watershedo Total area of water flowing towards an outlet

point (Pour point).

o Water flows in the direction of the terrain steepest downhill slope. Streamlines (blue arrows) are orthogonal to the contour lines.

o Drainage line (red line) are found along the highest points of the terrain.

DEM

o Digital Elevation Models (DEM) are grids of elevation.

o Contour maps are converted to digital contour files and elevation values are interpolated from irregularly spaced points to regular grid points.

o Watershed delineation can be based on DEMsrather than contour lines.

Digitizing the Mapo Map models:

o Raster Modelo Tin Model

o Methods of digitizing:o Digitizing through spot heightso Digitizing through contour maps/toposheets

o Input map for our tool is in the form of raster grid, with each cell value being elevation above mean sea level.

Watershed Delineation

o Removing sink:o Sink or depression is a cell or a group of cell which

is at a lower elevation than all its neighboring cells.o Convert sink to flat area by increasing the height of

sink to minimum height of neighbor.

o Remove flat areas:o A cell is said to be part of a flat area, if all of its

neighbors have the same elevation as itself, or a higher elevation.

o Each cell identified as being part of a flat area is incremented by a small increment

Watershed Delineationo Flow Directions:

o The eight-direction pour point algorithm (D-8) assigns a flow direction code to each cell, based on the steepest downhill slope as defined by the DEM.

o The flow direction code indicates the cell towards which the water flows.

o Flow direction is calculated by comparing the distance weighted drop of neighboring cells.

Flow direction codes

Watershed Delineation

o Flow Accumulation:o Flow accumulation is a measure of the drainage area

in units of grid cells.o The flow accumulation value of a cell is the sum of

the flow accumulation values of the neighboring cells and the number of neighboring cells which flow into it.

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Transforms to

Watershed Delineationo Apply Threshold:

Threshold is given to find out all pixels having a flow accumulation value above a certain value. The value is supplied by the user and the flow of water in drainage is calculated on the basis of this threshold.

o Pour Point.

o Watershed delineation around the drainage.

Dam Construction/Visualizationo End point is selected by the user and a line is

drawn between these end points to give a view.

o Various parameters given by user:o Aspect Ratioo Width of top of damo Height of dam( < Maximum height)o Foundation depth

o The elevation of each point is increased and the resultant DEM is stored as a raster image.

Storage Calculationo Find all those cells that will be covered by

water after dam construction.

o A 2-D array corresponding to the cells of DEM with each cell having a value from -1,0,1,2.

o Value assigning scheme:-1 = end cells of image.0 = Cell that is not in storage area.1 = cell currently processing2 = cell in the storage area.

Storage Calculationo Initially assign all cells except border cells a

value 0.

o Start with a single cell in area and recursively go on visiting all those neighbor cells which are connected to this cell and are at height lesser than dam height.

o Give all the visited neighbor a value 2 and color these neighbors, showing the storage.

Storage Visualization

Raster Map of Gudwan areaBefore Dam construction

Storage with Dam

Storage Visualization

•Data Collection Limitation:• Null Values for unknown points giving a low value outside the considered area.

Catchment Visualizationo Catchment is defined as area through which

inflow of water occurs into the dam.

o The inflow will be towards a cell if neighboring cell have FD value as in figure:

Catchment Visualizationo Assign a 2-D array corresponding to the cells

of DEM as values:-1 = Border cells of image.0 = The cell that is not in catchment area1 = Currently processing cell2 = cell in catchment area3 = cell in storage area4 = cell with dam constructed

o All those cell whose inflow is towards any of storage cell ( excluding the dam cells) will contribute towards the catchment area.

Dam Calculations

o Volume Calculation:o Consider the cross section of dam as above figure

Dam Calculationso Volume Calculation:

o Cross section area is:W( H + f ) + B( H + 2f )

Where:• W = width of top of dam• H = Elevation of dam above mean sea level – Elevation

of cell before dam.• f = foundation depth• B = base of dam = (H’ / AS)• AS = Aspect ratio• H’ = Maximum height of dam from the ground

o Length of dam can be calculated by using end points and scale factor for dam.

Dam Calculationso Volume Calculation:

o The volume contribution of each cell for dam:o Vc = Length/ (number of cells)

o Therefore volume is given as:V = sum( W ( Hi + f ) + (H’/AS)( Hi + 2f) )Vc

WhereHi = height difference of each cell

Dam Calculationso Surface Area Calculation:

o The perimeter of cross-section is given as:PM = W + 2(slant height)

Where,slant height is the length of inclined surface of dam.

o SA = sum( W + 2( Slant height of each cell) )Vc

o For both , the volume and the surface area the scale factor can be found from the header information of raster image.

Dam Calculationso Spill Height:

o Requirementso Flow rate at the bottom of damo Velocity of water at bottom of damo Dam inflow rate ( Maximum volume of incoming

water at peak rainfall )o Number of spill ways

o Taking the incoming water flow rate asVmax = (n.h.d( v2 – 2.g.D)1/2)

DEMOo Some of the visual Images After dam construction:

Error Possibilitieso The exact contribution of each pixel can’t be

found which may lead to some errors.

o Variation of Scale factor.

o Number of cells with increased heights.

o Error in volume and surface area calculation.

Field Worko During the course of this project we have

analyzed the work of construction of check dam in the areas of Gudwanwadi and Belachiwadi of Karjat area.

o The severe water storage problem of KarjatTaluka of Raigad district.

o The detailed description for the dam construction can be found at:

http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~ctara

Conclusiono With the help of this visual tool a rough

estimate of water storage and various parameters of dam can be found.

o Future Scope:Automatic location of optimal dam site for a

given map.

References1. Ian Heywood, Sarah Cornelius, Steve Carver. An

Introduction to Geographical Information System.Pearson Education Press, 2003.

2. P.Venkatachalam, B.Krishna Mohan, Amit Kotwal , Vikas Mishra,V.Muthuramakrishnanand Mayur Pandya. Automatic delineation of watersheds for hydrological application.

3. Robert J. Fowler and James J.Little. Automatic extraction of Irregular Network Digital terrain models, ACM 1979.

4. Andy Mitchell. The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis.Environmental System Research Institute, California 1999.

Questions or Comments??

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