A Saint-Venant shallow water model for overland flows with precipitation and recharge

Abstract: We propose a one-dimensional Saint-Venant (open channel) model overland flows including a water input--output source term modelling recharge via rainfall and infiltration (or exfiltration). We derive the model via asymptotic reduction from the two-dimensional Navier--Stokes equations under the shallow water assumption, with boundary conditions including recharge via ground infiltration and runoff. This new model recovers existing models as sepcial cases, and adds more scope by adding a water-mixing friction terms that depends on the rate of water recharge. We prospose a novel entropy function and its flux, that are useful in validating the model's conservation or dissipation properties. Based on this entropy function we propose a finite volume scheme extending a class of kinetic schemes and provide numerical comparisons with respect to the newly introduced mixing friction coefficient. We also provide a comparison with experimental data.