How Does Green Ampt Initial Moisture Defiict in SWMM 5?

Subject:   How Does Green Ampt Initial Moisture Defiict in SWMM 5?

 

This graph shows the values of the internal SWMM 5 parameters for Green Ampt Infiltration for the pervious area of a Subcatchment during a simulation.  The parameters are:

 

·         Soil Moisture = IMD Max – (FUMax – FU)/Upper Soil Zone Depth

·         FU or current moisture content of the upper zone of the of the soil

·         FUMax which is the saturated moisture content of the upper zone in feet and stays constant during the simulation

·         IMD Max is the user defined Initial soil moisture deficit and is a fraction

 

Figure 1.  How Soil Moisture changes over time.

 

Figure 2.  Soil Moisture and IMD are related – the Soil Moisture has a maximum of IMDMax.

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