Diffusion Approximation for a Network of Reservoirs with Power Law Release Rule

摘要

A diffusion approximation for a network of continuous time reservoirs with powerlaw release rules is examined. Under a mild assumption on the inflow processes, we show that for physically reasonable values of the power law constants, the system of processes converges to a multi-dimensional Gaussian diffusion process. We also illustrate how the limiting Gaussian process may be used to compute approximations to the original system of processes. In addition, we study the quality of our approximations by comparing them to results obtained by simulations of the original watershed model. The simulations offer support for the use of the approximation developed here.... Hydrology, Diffusion approximations, Watersheds, Release rules, Markov processes.