The Agricultural Runoff rainfall-runoff model allows the user to implement the functionality of the Irrigator Demand Model as a rainfall-runoff model at the Functional Unit level. It is used to represent cropping areas in sub-catchments which are rain-fed and are not part of a command area which receives water from a dam (regulated irrigation). Crop water use and agricultural runoff are represented as part of the rainfall-runoff process. The daily crop water balance is based on the irrigator demand model and the method described in FAO56 (Allen et al, 1998). It models a daily crop water use, and generates runoff from rainfall excess from the functional units. The rainfall excess can be routed as quick flow and slow flow to the river system. Crop use of water from small storages in catchments can be represented by Water user node#farmstorages(OFS) (also known as check dams in some countries) within the agricultural runoff model.
The model contains one water balance parameter and three routing parameters.
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Parameter | Description | Units | Default | Typical Range |
Ts | Time constant governing the rate of recession of slow flow (Ts > Tq) | Time step | 10 | 1 - 100 |
Tq | Time constant governing the rate of recession of quick flow | Time step | 1 | 1 - 10 |
Vs | Proportion of slow flow to total flow | % | 50 | 0 - 100 |
| Soil Moisture Capacity | The difference in volumetric soil water content between field capacity and permanent wilting point | % | 0 | 10 - 30 |
Figure 1 Irrigator Demand Model interface
Additions
The relevant Functional Unit area should be equal to the maximum irrigated area plus any undeveloped area. The Undeveloped Area is then calculated internally by Source as the difference between the Functional Unit Area and the Maximum Irrigated Area.
The three routing parameters Ts, Tq and Vs in the Rainfall-Runoff table are only enabled if Enable Linear Storage Routing is toggled on.
Figure 2 Enable Linear Storage Routing
Exceptions
Soil moisture capacity is entered as a parameter in the Rainfall-Runoff Model table, and has been deactivated at the Irrigator Demand Model interface.
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