Modeling of urban growth dynamics and its impact on surface runoff characteristics
A probabilistic constraint based binary CA model is developed to simulate the futuristic scenarios of urban growth. Spatial data exploration techniques were used to derive the transition rules for CA model. NRCS CN method is found to be suitable to assess the runoff characteristics of ungauged catchments. CA model delivers the temporal inputs to the hydrologic model and is consistent with the latter. Integration of these techniques is vital to assess the relative change in the runoff hydrographs on temporal scale.
urban growth cellular automata nrcs-cn method ungauged watersheds