tuul river and its catchment area delineation from satellite image拉河及其排水区从卫星图像描述.pdf

Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering, 2012, 1, 9-23 /10.4236/cweee.2012.12002 Published Online July 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/cweee) Tuul River and Its Catchment Area Delineation from * Satellite Image Ochir Altansukh School of Earth Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Email: altansukh@.mn Received April 30, 2012; revised June 2, 2012; accepted June 19, 2012 ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to define basic parameters of Tuul River and its catchment area using satellite images. The study has been done by two datasets 1) Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) at a horizontal spatial resolu- tion of 90 meters, 2) The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) at a horizontal spatial resolution of 30 meters, using two different models of ArcHydro and Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS) softwares. Main methods of models, that were used in this research are the Deterministic-8, the steep- est slope, the spread, the seek computations and the trace analysis. Moreover, input data of the modeling are digital ele- vation model (DEM) and outlet location of the river. DEM based ArcHydro model was run on the both datasets, and ILWIS model was run on SRTM data. Several intermediate results were produced while the models run, and basic pa- rameters of the Tuul River, its catchment area have been defined at the end of the model. Moreover, final results of the models were compared with each other and with the result of previous research. The result of this study can be used in baseline and advanced research on the catchment area. Beside