Abstract
The objective of this three-part work is to formulate and rigorously analyse a number of reduced mathematical models that are nevertheless capable of describing the hydrology at the scale of a river basin (i.e. catchment). Coupled surface and subsurface flows are considered. In this third part, we focus on the development of analytical solutions and scaling laws for a benchmark catchment model that models the river flow (runoff) generated during a single rainfall. We demonstrate that for catchments characterised by a shallow impenetrable bedrock, the shallow-water approximation allows a reduction of the governing formulation to a coupled system of one-dimensional time-dependent equations for the surface and subsurface flows. Asymptotic analysis is used to derive semi-analytical solutions for the model. We provide simple asymptotic scaling laws describing the peak flow formation, and demonstrate its accuracy through a comparison with the two-dimensional model developed in Part 2. These scaling laws can be used as an analytical benchmark for assessing the validity of other physical, conceptual or statistical models of catchments.
Funder
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics, University of Bath
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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