The study of land use and slope role in flow coefficient determination

Abstract

Floods, one of the most destructive risks on the planet's surface, are difficult to forecast
using an accurate model. In Turkey, floods are the second most costly natural disaster
after earthquakes. By determining the flow coefficient, which is the most effective factor
in flood flow, the existing problems will be greatly reduced. There are numerous
techniques for modeling flow coefficients available in the existing literature. However,
the majority of them are based on black-box methodologies that cannot be generalized.
In this study, a new approach called Fuzzy SMRGT Method, which takes into account the
physics of the event, was chosen. The data containing the land use and slope details of
the Aksu river basin were used. The model's output was compared to actual data.