Numerical Modeling of Basin Irrigation with an Upwind Scheme

In recent years, upwind techniques have been successfully applied in hydrology to simulate two-dimensional free surface flows. Basin irrigation is a surface irrigation system characterized by its potential to use water very efficiently. In basin irrigation, the field is leveled to zero slope and flooded from a point source. The quality of land leveling has been shown to influence irrigation performance drastically. Recently, two-dimensional numerical models have been developed as tools to design and manage basin irrigation systems. In this work, a finite volume-based upwind scheme is used to build a simulation model considering differences in bottom level. The discretization is made on triangular or quadrilateral unstructured grids and the source terms of the equations are given a special treatment. The model is applied to the simulation of two field experiments. Simulation results resulted in a clear improvement over previous simulation efforts and in a close agreement with experimental data. The proposed model has proved its ability to simulate overland flow in the presence of undulated bottom elevations, inflow hydrographs, and colliding fronts.

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