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Interpolating Hydrological Data Using Laplace Formulation


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Created: May 16, 2023 at 2:05 a.m.
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Abstract

Spatial interpolation techniques play an important role in hydrology as many point observations need to be interpolated to create continuous surfaces. Despite the availability of several tools and methods for interpolating data, not all of them work consistently for hydrologic applications. One of the techniques, Laplace Equation, which is used in hydrology for creating flownets, has rarely been used for interpolating hydrology data. The objective of this study is to examine the efficiency of Laplace formulation (LF) in interpolating hydrologic data and compare it with other widely used methods such as the inverse distance weighting (IDW), natural neighbor, and ordinary kriging. Comparison is performed quantitatively for using root mean square error (RMSE) and R2, visually for creating reasonable surfaces and computationally for ease of operation and speed. Data related to surface elevation, river bathymetry, precipitation, temperature, and soil moisture are used for different areas in the United States. RMSE and R2 results show that LF is comparable to other methods for accuracy. LF is easy to use as it requires fewer input parameters compared to IDW and Kriging. Computationally, LF is faster than other methods in terms of speed when the datasets are not large. Overall, LF offers a robust alternative to existing methods for interpolating various hydrology data. Further work is required to improve its computational efficiency.

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Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
29.6750°
East Longitude
-96.0245°
South Latitude
29.6724°
West Longitude
-96.0326°

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Xu, T. (2023). Interpolating Hydrological Data Using Laplace Formulation, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/d889155d1fbd4fe38495dc0f140d83a4

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