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Flood routing using Kalman filtering technique

AuthorSharma, Devendra Kumar
Call NumberAIT Thesis no. WA-84-17
Subject(s)Flood routing
NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractA method for the real-time flood forecasting by applying the Kalman filtering technique to the diffusion equation is developed, The diffusion equation is converted into a spatially distributed linear state space model. To increase the computational efficiency the matrix manipulations a re avoided by generalization of matrices. The linear Kalman filter is applied t o the optimal estimation of the state variables (water levels) of a linear system. The extended Kalman filter is applied while considering the time variation of parameters as unknown. The Kalman filtering technique proves to b e advantageous for real - time flood forecasting . The filtering is found to improve the forecasting capabilities of the model significantly, The variance of the innovation series is considerably reduced than that obtained without-utilizing the Kalman filter .
Year1983
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology
DepartmentDepartment of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE)
Academic Program/FoSWater Resources Research Engineering (WA)
Chairperson(s)Hoshi, Kiyoshi
Examination Committee(s)Huynh Ngoc Phien ;Yoganarashimhan , G.N.
Scholarship Donor(s)Royal Netherlands Government
DegreeThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1983


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