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Application of the USGS rainfall-runoff simulation model to improve flood-frequency estimates on small Tennessee streams

U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-120

by Herman C. Wibben


Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Use of metric units

Data collection

Description of the model

Model calibrations

Selection of data for calibration

Calibration results

Notable calibration techniques

Separation of base flow

Non-linearity

Seasonal bias

Effective impervious area

Peak discharge simulations

Simulation results

Weighting observed and simulated frequency curves

Evaluation of modeling

Summary

Selected references

Glossary

 


 

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