RUNOFF FILES FOR FLOOD HYDROGRAPH SIMULATION

A system based on continuous streamflow simulation was developed for use in DeKalb Country, Georgia, to obtain information on flood frequency and flood hydrographs needed for land-use planning and drainage system design. The Stanford Watershed Model was used to generate storm period runoff volumes at small time steps for three soil types and impervious area. Runoff volumes which include the effects of antecedent rainfall and evapotranspiration are stored on computer files and used as inputs to a routing model. Required inputs for the routing model include: (1) Soil types and impervious areas for selection of runoff files; and (2) measurements of the drainage basin for channel and storage routing. /ASCE/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Lumb, A M
  • James, L D
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1515-31
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Hydraulics Division
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: HY10
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage structures; Flood hydrographs; Flood routing; Floods; Flow; Land use planning; Mathematical models; Runoff; Simulation; Streamflow; Streams
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flood frequency; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Drainage systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141790
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE #12499
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 1976 12:00AM