@article{fdi:010079149,
  title = {{A}n original urban land cover representation and its effects on rain event-based runoff and {TSS} modelling},
  author = {{R}io, {M}. and {S}alles, {C}. and {C}ernesson, {F}. and {M}archand, {P}ierre and {T}ournoud, {M}. {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}uring rainfall events, a wide range of contaminants generated by urban areas are transferred into rivers. {M}odelling tools are increasingly required by decision makers to assess the effects of urban development and mitigation measures on urban runoff quality. {H}owever, representing the spatial heterogeneity of urban land cover in water quality modelling is a real challenge. {T}his study presents a methodology to analyze and characterize the land cover of an urban catchment within a water quality model. {T}he application site is the urban river {V}erdanson located in {M}ontpellier city ({F}rance), where the climate is {M}editerranean. {F}irstly, a time effective original method of identifying homogeneous urban surfaces in terms of build-up/wash-off processes from an existing land-use map and aerial photo interpretation is presented. {S}econdly, the sensitivity of model outputs to the discretization of a catchment into homogeneous land cover types, called {W}ater quality {R}esponse {U}nits ({WQRU}s), is tested. {T}he results reveal that discretizing the catchment into {WQRU}s enhances the relevance of hydrological outputs and provide more flexibility for a calibration of {T}otal {S}uspended {S}olids wash-off parameters. {T}he findings open interesting opportunities to integrate catchment-scale land cover data into the modelling of wash-off processes and allow urban runoff managers to assess the influence of urban land use planning scenarios on water quality.},
  keywords = {{H}ydrological model ; {M}editerranean climate ; {SWMM} ; {U}rbanized catchment ; {T}otal {S}uspended {S}olids ; {W}ash-off ; {FRANCE} ; {MONTPELLIER} ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {H}ydrology},
  volume = {586},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 124865 [14 p.]},
  ISSN = {0022-1694},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124865},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079149},
}