RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Calibration of Monthly Spatial Runoff from the Root Zone using Water Balance Method (A Case Study in Cicatih Watershed, Sukabumi, West Java)

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IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

To fully describe the performance of monthly spatial runoff, the result had been calibrated with the observation data using the Nash-Sucliffe criterion R 2 and the Xiong and Guo relative error RE. The value of R 2 for Cicatih watershed was 66.15 and the RE was 1.4 . The result was capable of describing the monthly spatial runoff. So it is possible to utilize the result for learning the runoff processes in the Cicatih watershed. 4. 1 Water balance components The water balance components of the Cicatih are summarized as follows: Rainfall ranged between 77 mm in July and 378 mm in January. Peak of rainfall was 378 mm in January. Maximum AET was 113 mm in May due to the highest PET occurance. Minimum AET was 65 mm in September due to the lowest SWC occurance. PET varied from 96 mm in February to 113 mm in May. PET increased as the increased of temperature T. Mean values of SWC was 291 mm. SWC varied from 152 mm in September to 437 mm in January depended on the rainfall. SMS occurred during the high rainfall period between Oktober and June. SMS ranged from 19 mm in June and 241 mm in January. SMS increased as the increased of rainfall. SMD occurred during the low rainfall period between July and September. SMD had a small ranged from 19 mm in July to 38 mm in September due to small difference between PET and AET. Mean, maximum, and minimum runoff are 135 mm, 261 mm, and 36mm, respectively. Maximum runoff was 260 mm occurred in January and minimum runoff was 35 mm occurred in September. Rainfall, AET, PET, and runoff of each subwatersheds are summarized in Table 4. AET varied from 59 mm in Cicatih hulu subwatersheds to 130 mm in Cikembar subwatershed. Maximum PET was 130 mm found in Cikembar subwatershed and minimum PET was 88 mm found in Ciheulang subwatershed. SWC varied from 120 mm in Cikembar subwatershed to 453 mm in Ciheulang subwatershed. SMS ranged from 3 mm in Ciheulang subwatershed 274 mm in Cikembar subwatershed. SMD ranged from 18 mm in Cipalasari, Cileuleuy, and Ciheulang subwatershed to 46 mm in Cikembar subwatershed. The highest and lowest values of mean rainfall were 244 mm occurred in Cipalasari subwatershed and 220 mm occurred in Cikembar subwatershed. Maximum runoff was 263 mm found in Ciheulang subwatershed in January. Minimum runoff was 26 mm found in Cikembar subwatershed during the lowest rainfall occurance in September. 4. 1. 1 Cicatih Hulu subwatershed Mean AET, PET, rainfall, and runoff were 91 mm, 99 mm, 228 mm, and 133 mm, respectively. Maximum AET was 109 mm occured in May. Maximum PET was 109 mm occured in May. SWC varied from 144 mm in September to 428 mm in January. Peak of rainfall took places in January was 456 mm. SMS ranged from 28 mm in June to 250 mm in January. SMD ranged from 21 mm in July to 40 mm in September. Runoff varied from 33 mm in September to 260 mm in January. 4.1. 2 Cipalasari subwatershed Maximum AET was 115 mm occured in May and minimum AET was 69 mm occured in September. Mean values of AET was 98 mm. PET had its maximum value 115 mm in May. Maximum SWC was 438 mm occurred in January and minimum SWC was 152 mm occurred in September. Maximum rainfall, which was the highest rainfall occurance among the subwatersheds, occured in October with the value of 503 mm. Mean values of rainfall was 244 mm. SMS ranged from 17 mm in June to 239 mm in January. SMD ranged from 18 mm in July to 37 mm in September. Mean values of runoff was 133 mm. Maximum runoff was 259 mm in January, followed by February 231 mm. 4. 1. 3 Cileuleuy subwatershed AET varied from 76 mm in September to 126 mm in May. Mean values of AET was 107 mm. Maximum PET was 126 mm occured in May. SWC varied from 141 mm in September to 427 mm in January. Mean value of rainfall was 231 mm. Mean value of SMS was 109 mm. SMS ranged from 28 mm in June to 250 mm in January. Mean Value of SMD was 7 mm. SMD ranged from 18 mm in July to 41 mm in September. Mean values of runoff was 132 mm. Runoff was well varied. Maximum runoff was 259 mm occured in January. 10 Table 4. Water balance of each subwatershed mm Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Cicatih Hulu P AET PET SWC SMS SMD Ro 456 94 94 428 250 260 402 93 93 399 221 232 239 99 99 330 152 167 284 106 106 303 126 143 189 109 109 252 75 101 160 101 101 206 28 66 90 75 96 174 21 48 82 64 96 157 32 39 97 59 100 144 40 33 336 101 101 328 150 166 199 99 99 332 155 169 207 95 95 331 154 168 Cipalasari P AET PET SWC SMS SMD Ro 395 100 100 438 239 259 398 99 99 409 210 231 270 105 105 340 141 166 215 113 113 314 115 144 155 115 115 263 64 103 184 107 107 216 17 69 86 85 102 185 18 51 123 74 102 167 28 42 107 69 106 152 37 35 503 107 107 337 139 164 235 105 105 343 144 169 260 101 101 342 143 168 Cileuleuy P AET PET SWC SMS SMD Ro 449 109 109 427 250 259 389 108 108 398 222 230 261 115 115 329 153 164 323 123 123 303 126 141 178 126 126 252 75 100 147 117 117 205 28 66 80 94 112 173 18 47 74 82 112 156 30 38 107 76 116 141 41 32 281 117 117 326 150 162 242 115 115 332 155 167 241 111 111 331 154 166 Ciheulang P AET PET SWC SMS SMD Ro 267 89 89 453 225 263 253 88 88 424 196 234 323 93 93 355 127 171 217 101 101 329 100 148 235 103 103 278 49 108 94 96 96 231 3 74 65 73 91 199 18 55 81 64 91 182 27 46 85 60 95 167 35 39 255 96 96 352 124 169 379 93 93 358 129 173 347 90 90 357 129 172 Cikembar P AET PET SWC SMS SMD Ro 464 113 113 403 274 255 337 112 112 374 245 225 215 119 119 305 176 160 284 127 127 279 150 136 277 130 130 228 99 94 140 122 122 181 52 59 45 92 116 150 24 41 74 80 116 133 36 32 49 74 120 120 46 26 229 122 122 304 174 159 276 119 119 308 179 162 249 115 115 307 178 161 4. 1. 4 Ciheulang subwatershed AET of each months had a small range. Mean values of AET was 87 mm. Maximum values of PET was 103 mm occurred in Mei and minimum value of PET was 88 mm occurred in February. SWC varied from 167 mm in September to 453 mm in January. The rainfall was well varied. Mean values of rainfall was 217 mm. Peak of rainfall was 379 mm occured in November. SMS ranged from 3 mm in June to 225 mm in January. SMD ranged from 18 mm in July to 35 mm in September. Mean values of runoff was 138 mm. Maximum runoff was 263 mm occured in January. 4. 1. 5 Cikembar subwatershed Mean value of AET was 110 mm. Maximum AET was 130 mm occured in May. PET had its highest value 130 mm in May 11 and the lowest value of PET was 112 mm in February. Maximum SWC was 403 mm occurred in January and minimum SWC was 120 mm occurred in September. Mean values of rainfall was 220 mm. Rainfall peak of 464 mm took places in January. SMS ranged from 52 mm in June to 274 mm in January. SMD ranged from 24 mm in July to 46 mm in September. Mean values of runoff was 126 mm. During the low rainfall period runoff values were less of than 50 mm.

4. 2 Runoff distributions of Cicatih watershed

Figure 5 shows the comparison between the observed and calculated monthly runoff hydrograph in 1999 at the outlet of the Cicatih watershed. Mean values of observed runoff and calculated runoff were 1157 mm and 1140 mm, respectively. The error of calculated runoff varied from its maximum in January to the minimum in September. The highest amount of observed runoff was 1892 mm occurred in March. Different from the observed runoff, the highest amount of calculated runoff was 2296 mm occured in January. Flow directions Figure 6 affected the runoff accumulation. Flow directions was estimated using PC Raster. DEM data was used as the only input. It was generated by considering the 8 point pour algorithm with flow directions from each cell to its steepest downslope neighbour. Moreover, runoff accumulation was generated using the flow directions. Runoff accumulation calculated the amount of runoff that flowed out of the cell into its neighbouring downstream cell. The runoff accumulation amount was the amount of runoff in the cell itself plus the amount of runoff in upstream cells of the cell. In Cicatih watershed, runoff accumulation had its maximum at the outlet. Flow directions to west and southwest were common directions from the right side of the Cicatih watershed. On the other side, the flow directions to southeast was common direction from the left side of Cicatih watershed. Kurnianto 2004 described that the flow directions was affected by the slope directions of Salak mountain in left side and Pangrango mountain in right side of the Cicatih watershed. It caused the runoff accumulation from left and righ side met at the midle part of Cicatih watershed. Finally, the runoff accumulation flowed toward the watershed outlet. Runoff accumulation varied in the watershed. It led to higher accumulation in the most center part, and to lower accumulation in the mountain and at high altitudes. Maximum runoff accumulation was 400000 mm occured in the center part of Cicatih watershed bottom area because of their low altitude. Areas with 0 mm accumulation indicated that all of runoff from that areas flowed out into its neighbouring downstream areas. The result of the first stream order from the estimation using PC Raster Figure 7 was similar with the observed first stream order Figure 8. In addition, some of second, third, and fourth stream orders from the estimation using PC Raster were also similar with the observed stream orders. However, runoff accumulation of the first stream order did not appear in the estimation result. 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 jan feb mar may jun jul aug sep oct dec Month m 3 s Observed Ro Calculated Ro Figure 5. The observed and calculated monthly runoff hydrograph of Cicatih watershed, Sukabumi in 1999. 12 Figure 6. Predicted flow directions using PC Raster. Figure 7. Predicted runoff accumulation in January using PC Raster and their stream orders. 13 Source: Bakosurtanal 1999 Figure 8. Stream orders of Cicatih watershed, Sukabumi. The results obtained from the calculation using the input 1999 data field were monthly spatial variability of runoff distribution. Spatial distribution of runoff was affected by the rainfall, land cover types, and WHC. However, monthly runoff distribution was only affected by the rainfall. The monthly runoff distributions showed that minimum runoff occurred between May and September. September 35 mm was the month of minimum runoff. And maximum runoff period occured in the period of October until April. January 260 mm was the maximum runoff month because of the occurance of maximum rainfall in January. The pattern of rainfall-runoff relationship was in agreement with result report by Xu 1997 in six watersheds from the humid region in Southern China and one catchment from the semi-arid and semi-humid region in Nothern China. Putty and Prasad 2002 showed that runoff increased as the significant increased of rainfall. Furthermore, The areaaverage values of rainfall distributions and runoff distributions in Cicatih watershed described the rainfall-runoff relationship as well see Table. 5. The spatial distribution of runoff from the images see: Figure 9, Figure 10, and Figure 11 reflect that the contributions from the garden areas was the highest, because this was the most common land cover in the Cicatih watershed. And the lowest contiribution of runoff portion was obtained from the grass areas because of the their small areas. The pattern of major runoff portion from the major land cover areas was also found by Karvonen 1999 in the Lestijoki watershed, Finland but with the different major land cover contribution. The most common land cover in the Lestijoki watershed, Finland was forest. During the high rainfall period, maximum runoff could be found in the forest areas 286 mm, followed by cropland areas 269 mm. And minimum runoff was 251 mm occurred in settlement areas. In the low rainfall period, maximum runoff 109 mm was found in forest areas. And minimum runoff was 0 mm occured in the settlement areas, followed by cropland areas 5 mm around the mountain Salak and mountain Pangrango. It concluded that the land use types-runoff relationship was widely affected by the rainfall. The high runoff occurred in forest areas due to their high rainfall. Runoff increased with significant incresing rainfall, following a positive linear function. Table 5. Monthly runoff distributions in Cicatih watershed, Sukabumi Month Rainfall mm Runoff mm Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 378 345 277 255 200 139 77 87 94 325 280 274 260 232 167 144 103 69 50 42 35 166 169 169 14 Figure 9. Calculated monthly spatial runoff distributions in January-April. 15 Figure 10. Calculated monthly spatial runoff distributions in May-August. 16 Figure 11. Calculated monthly spatial runoff distributions in September-December. 17

V. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTION