Validation of a numerical modeling method for simulating rainfall-runoff relations for headwater basins in western King and Snohomish Counties, Washington
Water Supply Paper
2495
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Abstract
The validity of a previously determined numerical modeling method was assessed. Numerical models for 11 drainage basins were constructed with the Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN (HSPF) with parameter values that were generalized for the physiographic region. Large and recurrent simulation errors were initially identified, but three systematic modifications of the models corrected those errors for 10 out of the 11 basins. The validity of the numerical modeling method for simulating rainfall-runoff relations in the study area, as modified during this investigation, was not rejected, but observed streamflow data were needed to apply the method.
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Dinicola, R., 2001, Validation of a numerical modeling method for simulating rainfall-runoff relations for headwater basins in western King and Snohomish Counties, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2495, 162 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp2495.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Validation of a numerical modeling method for simulating rainfall-runoff relations for headwater basins in western King and Snohomish Counties, Washington |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 2495 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp2495 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | 162 p. |