Estimation of Low Flow Statistics for Sustainable Water Resources Management in South Australia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Fitting Distribution Functions to the Observed Minima Series
- = Low flow quantile
- = Mean quantile
- = Random sample number
- = Root mean square error
2.4. Monte Carlo Simulations
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
Abbreviation | Description | Page no. |
AHD | Australian Height Datum | 4 |
ARI | Average Recurrence Interval | 1 |
GEV | Generalized Extreme Value | 1 |
GP | Generalized Pareto | 3 |
LH moments | A generalization of L moments—based on high order statistics | 3 |
LN | Log Normal | 1 |
LP3 | Log Pearson Type 3 | 1 |
MoM | Method of Moments | 1 |
RMSE | Root Mean Square Error | 1 |
SA | South Australia | 1 |
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Station No | Station Name | Record Length (Years) | Catchment Area (km2) | Major River Basin | Region | Region Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4260504 | 4 KM East of Yundi | 37 | 191.0 | Lower Murray river | SA Murray–Darling Basin | A |
4260529 | U/S Cambrai | 15 | 239.0 | |||
4260533 | Near Hartley | 14 | 473.0 | |||
4260536 | Worlds end | 30 | 704.0 | |||
4260557 | D/S Mt. Barker | 18 | 88.0 | |||
4260558 | Dawesley | 28 | 43.0 | |||
5020502 | U/S Dam and Rd Br | 10 | 76.5 | Myponga | Adelaide and Mt. Lofty | B |
5030502 | Scott Bottom | 37 | 26.8 | Onkaparinga | ||
5030503 | 4.5 KM Wnw Kangarilla | 18 | 48.7 | |||
5030506 | U/S Mt Bold Res. | 17 | 34.2 | |||
5030507 | Lenswood | 15 | 16.5 | |||
5030508 | Craig bank | 30 | 8.4 | |||
5030509 | Aldgate Rly Station | 15 | 7.8 | |||
5030526 | Uraidla | 11 | 4.3 | |||
5040512 | Mt Pleasant | 33 | 26.0 | Torrens River | ||
5040517 | Waterfall Gully | 13 | 5.0 | |||
5040518 | U/S Minno Ck Junction | 13 | 19.0 | |||
5040523 | Castambul | 15 | 44.0 | |||
5040525 | U/S Millbrook Res | 12 | 23.0 | |||
5050502 | Yaldara | 18 | 384.0 | Gawler River | ||
5050504 | Turretfield | 34 | 708.0 | |||
5050517 | Penrice | 16 | 118.0 | |||
5060500 | Near Rhynie | 27 | 417.0 | Wakefield River | Northern and York | C |
5070500 | Near Andrews | 29 | 235.0 | Broughten River | ||
5070501 | Near Spalding | 31 | 280.0 | |||
5090503 | Old Kanyaka Ruins | 21 | 180.0 | Willochra Creek | ||
5130501 | U/S Gorge Falls (K.I.) | 33 | 190.0 | Kangaroo Island | Kangaroo Island | D |
Station No | LN/MOM (Ml) | LP3/MOM (Ml) | GEV/L (Ml) | GEV/L2 (Ml) |
---|---|---|---|---|
A4260504 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
A4260536 | 6.96 | 6.70 | 7.32 | 6.59 |
A4260557 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
A5020502 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
A5030502 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
A5030503 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
A5030506 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.39 |
A5030509 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
A5030526 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.30 |
A5040517 | 1.61 | 1.59 | 1.58 | 1.54 |
A5040518 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.64 | 0.65 |
A5040523 | 3.23 | 3.70 | 1.41 | 2.07 |
A5050517 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
A5060500 | 4.03 | 4.36 | 2.45 | 4.08 |
A5070500 | 2.48 | 2.40 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
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Semananda, N.P.K.; Hewa, G.A. Estimation of Low Flow Statistics for Sustainable Water Resources Management in South Australia. Hydrology 2022, 9, 152. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9090152
Semananda NPK, Hewa GA. Estimation of Low Flow Statistics for Sustainable Water Resources Management in South Australia. Hydrology. 2022; 9(9):152. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9090152
Chicago/Turabian StyleSemananda, Niranjani P. K., and Guna A. Hewa. 2022. "Estimation of Low Flow Statistics for Sustainable Water Resources Management in South Australia" Hydrology 9, no. 9: 152. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9090152