Assessment of sediment yield estimations for large watershed areas: a case study for the Seyhan, Demirkopru and Hirfanli reservoirs in Turkey

dc.contributor.authorKokpinar, M. Ali
dc.contributor.authorAltan-Sakarya, A. Burcu
dc.contributor.authorKumcu, S. Yurdagul
dc.contributor.authorGogus, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:17:17Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:17:17Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractAnalyses of data from reservoir surveys and sediment rating curves are compared to predict sediment yield in three large reservoir watershed areas in Turkey. Sediment yield data were derived from reservoir sedimentation rates and suspended sediment measurements at gauging stations. The survey data were analysed to provide the volume estimates of sediment, the time-averaged sediment deposition rates, the long-term average annual loss rates in the reservoir storage capacity, and the long-term sediment yield of the corresponding watershed areas. Four regression methods, including linear and nonlinear cases, were applied to rating curves obtained from gauging stations. Application of the efficiency test to a power function form of a rating curve with nonlinear regression yielded the highest efficiency values. Based on the analysis of the sediment rating curves, sediment load fluxes were calculated by using average daily discharge data at each gauging station. Comparison of these two sediment yield values for each reservoir showed that the sediment yields from the suspended sediment measurements, SYGS, are 0.99 to 3.54 times less than those obtained from the reservoir surveys, SYRS. The results from the reservoir surveys indicate that all three reservoirs investigated have lost significant storage capacity due to high sedimentation rates. ResumeCet article compare les analyses de donnees provenant d'enquetes realisees sur des reservoirs, et de courbes de tarage sedimentaires, pour estimer la production en sediments de trois grands bassins versants alimentant des reservoirs en Turquie. Les donnees de rendement en sediments ont ete obtenues a partir des taux de sedimentation dans les reservoirs et des mesures de sediments en suspension aux stations de jaugeage. Les donnees de l'enquete ont ete analysees pour fournir les estimations de volume de sediments, les taux moyens de depot des sediments, la moyenne a long terme des taux de pertes annuelles de capacite de stockage du reservoir, et la production de sediments a long terme des bassins versants correspondants. Quatre methodes de regression, incluant les cas lineaire et non lineaire, ont ete appliquees aux courbes de tarage obtenues aux stations de jaugeage. L'application d'un test d'efficacite a une forme de fonction puissance d'une courbe de tarage avec la regression non lineaire a donne les meilleures valeurs d'efficacite. En se basant sur l'analyse des courbes de tarage sedimentaires, les flux de charge de sediments ont ete calcules en utilisant la moyenne des donnees de debits journaliers a chaque station de jaugeage. La comparaison de ces deux valeurs de rendement en sediments pour chaque reservoir a montre que les rendements de sediments a partir des mesures de sediments en suspension, SYGS, sont de 0,99 a 3,54 fois moins eleves que ceux obtenus a partir des enquetes sur les reservoirs, SYRS. Les resultats des enquetes sur les reservoirs ont indique que les trois reservoirs etudies ici ont perdu de maniere significative leurs capacites de stockage en raison de taux eleves de sedimentation.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [105G098]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was developed within a research project supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under the project no: 105G098. The authors wish to acknowledge the contribution of TUBITAK.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02626667.2014.959954
dc.identifier.endpage2203en_US
dc.identifier.issn0262-6667
dc.identifier.issn2150-3435
dc.identifier.issue12en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84951877153en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage2189en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2014.959954
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/13034
dc.identifier.volume60en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000366589400009en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofHydrological Sciences Journal-Journal Des Sciences Hydrologiquesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectSediment Yielden_US
dc.subjectReservoir Sedimentationen_US
dc.subjectReservoir Surveysen_US
dc.subjectSediment Rating Curvesen_US
dc.subjectStorage Lossen_US
dc.subjectRendement En Sedimentsen_US
dc.subjectSedimentation Dans Les Reservoirsen_US
dc.subjectEnquetes Sur Des Reservoirsen_US
dc.subjectCourbes De Tarage Sedimentairesen_US
dc.subjectPerte De Stockageen_US
dc.titleAssessment of sediment yield estimations for large watershed areas: a case study for the Seyhan, Demirkopru and Hirfanli reservoirs in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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