The IHACRES rainfall–streamflow modelling approach provides a powerful set of techniques for assisting with parametrically efficient regionalization of streamflow response characteristics (unit hydrograph and loss module parameters) from inputs of rainfall, evaporation surrogates and physical catchment descriptor data. Recent work has indicated where further improvements can be made to the mode...

Title of Thesis: UNCERTAINTY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSES OF THE MUSKINGUM-CUNGE CHANNEL ROUTING MODEL Stephen Scott Reid, Master of Science, 2008 Thesis directed by: Professor Richard H. McCuen Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Two widely used channel routing models are the Muskingum and MuskingumCunge (M-C) models. However, no significant research has been conducted on how input p...

When conducting a master drainage plan for an urban area, catchments are varied from small to large in size. Although there are many hydrologic methods developed for stormwater predictions, the size of catchment often serves as the basis to select a proper method. As always, the common question is how to quantitatively define the size of small watershed, and how to establish the modeling consis...

The rainfall input is one of the main factors influencing the magnitude of the runoff response during a flood event. Its temporal and spatial distribution significantly contributes to the formation of hydrograph shape, peak discharge and flood volume. a novel approach to the evaluation of the role of the temporal rainfall pattern of hydrograph is presented in this contribution. The methodology ...

After analysing the Wiener process characteristics of reservoir storage capacity in flood regulation, an Ito stochastic differential equation including a random input term is proposed to describe and estimate the stochastic reservoir level hydrograph in a flood routing process. An expression of risk for flood release is given and the probability density functions of the reservoir level hydrogra...

Estimation of surface runoff in a watershed based on the rate of received precipitation and quantifying discharge at outlet is important in hydrologic studies. In this study, HEC-HMS hydrological model version 3.4 was used to simulate rainfall-runoff process in Abnama watershed located in south of Iran. To compute infiltration, rainfall excess conversion to runoff and flow routing, methods like...

A new hybrid model which combines wavelets and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) called wavelet neural network (WNN) model was proposed in the current study and applied for time series modeling of river flow. The time series of daily river flow of the Malaprabha River basin (Karnataka state, India) were analyzed by the WNN model. The observed time series are decomposed into sub-series using discr...

Long-term changes (-20 years) in water yield, the storm hydrograph, stream inorganic chemistry, and sediment yield were analyzed for a 59 ha mixed hardwood covered catchment (Watershed 7) in the southern Appalachian mountains (USA) following clearcutting and cable logging. The first year after cutting, streamflow increased 26 cm or 28% above the flow expected if the forest had not been cut. In ...