Regionalization of Watersheds Using a Type of ANNs to Regional Flood Frequency Analysis
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Abstract:
Self-Organizing Feature Maps (SOFM) are a variety of artificial neural networks that their applications in the areas of pattern recognition and data clustering makes them noticeable tools to perform regional flood frequency analysis (RFFA). In this study, ability of Self-Organizing Feature Maps for regionalization of Sefidrood watershed in order to perform regional flood frequency analysis using L-moment algorithm is assessed. Results of this study show that SOFMs may be used as an acceptable method for data clustering and regionalization of watersheds. Evaluation of values of cluster validity measures showed that they cant be a determining factor to identify suitable number of regions for regional flood frequency analysis, but homogeneity of regions is main factor to determine desirable number of regions. According to homogeneity of regions and sizes of formed regions, regionalizations including two regions that formed by Wards algorithm and SOFM were chosen as optimum choices to regional flood frequency analysis on Sefidrood watershed. Furthermore, based on results of flood estimation by at-site FFA and two RFFA, regional estimates are very close to each other and their average relative difference is equal to 1% nearly. Also relative difference between regional and at-site estimates doesnt exceed 17% in any station and its mean value is about 8%.
Keywords:
Clustering , L , moments , Regionalization , SOFM
Language:
Persian
Published:
Journal of Watershed Management Research, Volume:7 Issue: 14, 2017
Pages:
106 to 118
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