Unterteilung in Systemelemente/en

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In order to divide a water resources system into individual system elements it is vital to consider the problem which the model is used for and the existing data basis.

Basically there are two possible ways for the division of the system. It can be divided either catchment-based or grid-based. In addition, all hydrological structures relevant to the problem must be identified and represented by a suitable system element, e.g. dams by reservoir, extractions by consumer, etc. Often there are several feasible solutions.

The preliminary work for dividing a river basin is usually done with a GIS.

Catchment-based Division

Criteria for the division can be:

• Catchment properties (topography)
• Punctual changes of the outflow by
  • Inflows
  • Point sources
  • Extractions
• Location of hydrological structures
• Location of gauging stations
• Flow type and geometry

The results of this division are digital catchment boundaries and river sections. If the available data initially results in a rough division, it can be subdivided even further, especially if, due to the problem at hand, certain processes in the water body can no longer be represented with the intitial division. In the following, a high resolution water resources system is compared to a low resolution water resources system:

As the accuracy of system mapping increases, the importance of hydraulics in waterbodies increases. The parameters of the discharge concentration refer only to the surface discharge in the subarea, or interflow and base discharge. The illustration of the wave runoff in the water bodies is possible.	Simple approaches to the calculation of the runoff formation usually get along better with a rough system illustration. Both the surface runoff in the subareas and the wave runoff that occurs in the water bodies are included in the parameters of the runoff concentration. The illustration of the wave runoff in the waters is hardly possible

Subareas can be defined via a Rainfall-Runoff Model or can be visualised through a hydrograph at the output

The next step is to decide which system elements are to be used to map the catchment areas, depending on the problem and the data basis. Besides the system element sub-basin, which brings the load into the system via a precipitation-runoff simulation, point source can feed the runoff at the exit of the catchment area directly into the system via a runoff hydrograph. The latter is of course only possible if such a discharge hydrograph is available. Then it is the less computationally intensive variant, which in addition (with good quality of the input data) can illustrate most exactly the actually taken place discharge behavior. If, however, for example, a forecast is to be calculated under changed land use conditions or if the discharge hydrograph is not long enough, it is advisable to use the system element sub-basin. In Talsim-NG the selection of the system element for subcatchments can also vary from subcatchment to subcatchment.

Once the system elements are defined, the flow network is created, i.e. the flow relationships between the elements are defined.

Grid-based subdivision

In grid-based subdivision, water is generally passed from one cell to the next according to its flow direction.

The transfer from one cell to the next varies depending on the discharge component:

• Surface runoff is integrated into the runoff formation process of the next cell, i.e. is treated there like additional precipitation.
• Interflow is fed into the storage cascade of the interflow of the next cell.
• Base flow is fed into the storage cascade of the base flow in the next cell.