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Forecasting models for flow and total dissolved solids in Karoun river-Iran

Salmani, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.01.085
  3. Abstract:
  4. Water quality is one of the most important factors contributing to a healthy life. From the water quality management point of view, TDS (total dissolved solids) is the most important factor and many water developing plans have been implemented in recognition of this factor. However, these plans have not been perfect and very successful in overcoming the poor water quality problem, so there are a good volume of related studies in the literature. We study TDS and the water flow of the Karoun river in southwest Iran. We collected the necessary time series data from the Harmaleh station located in the river. We present two Univariate Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Movement Average (ARIMA) models to forecast TDS and water flow in this river. Then, we build up a Transfer Function (TF) model to formulate the TDS as a function of water flow volume. A performance comparison between the Seasonal ARIMA and the TF models are presented
  5. Keywords:
  6. Karoun river ; Seasonal ARIMA ; Total dissolved solids ; Transfer function model ; Water flow ; Dissolution ; Flow of water ; Hydraulics ; Quality management ; Rivers ; Transfer functions ; Water conservation ; Water management ; Water quality ; Forecasting models ; Performance comparison ; Time-series data ; Water flows ; Water quality problems ; Water resources ; Dissolved load ; Forecasting method ; Numerical model ; River water ; Seasonality ; Time series analysis ; Transfer function ; Iran ; Karun River ; Khuzestan
  7. Source: Journal of Hydrology ; Volume 535 , 2016 , Pages 148-159 ; 00221694 (ISSN)
  8. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169416300257