1D hydrodynamic modelling on River Tisza: challenges, results, difficulties

Keywords: Hydrology, hydrodynamics, 1D, modelling, Tisza, forecast

Abstract

The Hungarian Hydrological Forecasting Service (HHFS) operating within the framework of the National Water Directorate General has been operating a tailor-made 1 dimensional hydrodynamic model on River Danube since January 2020, while developing the model onto River Tisza, which was completed by the beginning of 2023 as well. The main objective of the development is to support and substitute the already running discrete linear cascade models (DLCM). The model contains the Tisza between Tiszabecs and Novi Bečej and all the Hungarian reaches of the tributaries. Data collection and model building are still in process on the foreign river reaches. The Tisza catchment has a complex hydrology often causing multiple flood peaks simultaneously along the river. The tribu-taries have a highly dynamic regime and all of the subcatchments can release significant discharges at the same time. The natural conditions for flood propagation had been modified due to the hydropower plants thus backwater effect is a major factor at the hy-draulic structures and at the confluences. Modelling such structures requires the substitution of the Saint Venant equations with the basic hydraulic formulas. In this paper I present the building process of the model, the challenges I had to face and the achieved results. The results are then compared to the results of a HEC-RAS based system (Tisza Valley Flood Protection Analysis Center), to the forecasts published by the HHFS, and also to the pure DLCM results. the HHFS.

Author Biography

Zoltán Árpád Liptay , National University of Public Service Faculty of Water Sciences

ZOLTAN ARPAD LIPTAY is a civil engineer, hydrological forecaster of the Hungarian Hydrological Forecasting Service, Assistant Professor of the Ludovika University of Public Service, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, board member of the Hungarian Hydrological Society Section of Hydraulics and Hydrology. Main research interests are hydrological forecasting, hydrodynamic and hydrological modelling, and the application of artificial intelligence-based methods in Hydrology. Member of Hungarian Hydrological Society from 2009.

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Published
2024-02-04
How to Cite
Liptay Árpád Z. (2024). 1D hydrodynamic modelling on River Tisza: challenges, results, difficulties. Hungarian Journal of Hydrology, 104(1/HU), 40-55. https://doi.org/10.59258/hk.15074
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