Revista UIS Ingenierías

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2025): Revista UIS Ingenierías
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Calibration of the Torrentiality Index for Extreme Flow Estimation in the Northwestern Andean Region of Colombia

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  • Angie Daniela Caicedo-Calderón,
  • Nelson Javier Cely-Calixto,
  • Gustavo Adolfo Carrillo-Soto
Angie Daniela Caicedo-Calderón
Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
Nelson Javier Cely-Calixto
Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
Gustavo Adolfo Carrillo-Soto
Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v24n1-2025006

Published 2025-03-12

Keywords

  • calibration,
  • extreme flows,
  • hydrological basins,
  • probability distribution functions,
  • torrenciality index,
  • spatial interpolation,
  • modified rational method,
  • precipitation,
  • Andean region
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Caicedo-Calderón, A. D., Cely-Calixto, N. J., & Carrillo-Soto, G. A. (2025). Calibration of the Torrentiality Index for Extreme Flow Estimation in the Northwestern Andean Region of Colombia. Revista UIS Ingenierías, 24(1), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v24n1-2025006

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Abstract

The estimation of extreme flows in a watershed is essential for risk and disaster management, the design of hydraulic structures and land use planning. The modified rational method of Témez, used to estimate peak flows, considers a torrentiality index that varies according to the geographical area. In Spain, there is an isoline map with index values between 8 and 12, while in the Colombian Andean region a general value of 11 has been used in several consulting studies. The objective of this study is to calibrate the torrentiality index in basins of the northwestern zone of Colombian Andean region, which includes the departments: Antioquia, Quindío, Caldas, Risaralda, Tolima and Huila. The methodology consisted of collecting and analyzing historical hydrometeorological data with records longer than 15 years from limnigraphic, limnimetric and precipitation stations of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM). Normal, Log normal, Gumbel and Log Pearson probability distribution functions (PDF) were applied. The selection of the PDF was made using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, which was used to estimate rainfall for the return periods of 10, 50, 100 and 200 years, and to obtain the mean daily intensity values (Id). Also, intensity-duration-frequency curves were prepared, and hourly intensity values (I1) were estimated for the different return periods. Subsequently, the torrentiality index equation (I1/Id) was applied, obtaining values between 9.7 and 15.5. The isoline map of the torrentiality index in the studied area was generated by means of a geostatistical analysis and spatial interpolation using Ordinary Kriging. This map allows the determination of the specific torrentiality index for each basin, applicable in the modified rational method. The validation of the observed and simulated flows shows a Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency between 0.77 and 0.95, indicating high acceptability of the errors of the objective functions.

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