PHYSICALLY BASED FLOOD FEATURES AND FREQUENCIES

The paper describes the development of a rainfall-runoff watershed routing model based on a kinematic wave equation. The contrived basin characteristics and rainfall events are described. Expressions for time of concentration, peak flow and the time to peak were developed as functions of basin characteristics and rainfalls. The results from these expressions were compared with the results obtained from the rainfall-runoff kinematic wave routing model. Physically based flood-frequency analyses are also reported.

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• Authors:
  • Shen, H W
  • Koch, G J
  • Obeysekera, JTB
• Publication Date: 1990-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 494-514
• Serial:
  • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
  • Volume: 116
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9429
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jhend8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Floods; Kinematics; Mathematical models; Rainfall; Runoff; Watersheds
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flood frequency; Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494186
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM