An analysis of the dynamic component of the geomorphologic instantaneous unit hydrograph

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 407-428

  Franchini, Marco ^a   O'Connell, P Enda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPH; UNIT HYDROGRAPH;

UK, ENGLAND, RIVER TYNE;

EID: 0030513032     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)80018-7     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Abramowitz, M. and Stegun, I.A., 1965. Handbook of Mathematical Functions. Dover, New York.
2. Baldwin, E.P. and Potter, K.W., 1987. Improving flood quantile estimation on ungauged watersheds. In: V.P. Singh (Editor), Regional Flood Frequency Analysis. D. Reidel, Dordrecht, pp. 65-75.
3. Bras, R.L., 1990. Hydrology: an Introduction to Hydrologic Science. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA.
4. Chutha, P. and Dooge, J.C.I., 1990. The shape parameters of the geomorphologic unit hydrograph. J. Hydrol., 117: 81-97.
5. Dooge, J.C.I., 1959. A general theory of the unit hydrograph. J. Geophys. Res., 64(2): 241-256.
6. Dooge, J.C.I., 1973. Linear theory of hydrologic systems. US Dep. Agric. Agric. Res. Serv. Tech. Bull., 1468.
7. Gupta, V.K., Waymire, E. and Wang, C.T., 1980. Representation of an instantaneous unit hydrograph from geomorphology. Water Resour. Res., 16(5): 855-862.
8. Henderson, F.M., 1963. Some properties of the unit hydrograph. J. Geophys. Res., 68(10): 4785-4793.
9. Horton, R.E., 1945. Erosional development of streams and their drainage basins: hydro-physic approach to quantitative geomorphology. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 56: 275-370.
10. Howard, R.A., 1971. Dynamic Probabilistic Systems. Wiley, New York.
11. Karlinger, M.R. and Troutman, B.M., 1985. Assessment of the instantaneous unit hydrograph derived from the theory of topologically random networks. Water Resour. Res., 21(11): 1693-1702.
12. Kirkby, M.J., 1976. Tests of the random network model and its application to basin hydrology. Earth Surface Processes, 1: 197-212.
13. Leopold, L.B. and Maddock, T. Jr., 1953. The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some geomorphologic implications. US Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap., 252, 56 pp.
14. Mesa, O.J. and Mifflin, E.R., 1986. On the relative role of hillslope and network geometry in hydrologic response. In: V. Gupta, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe and E. Wood (Editors), Scale Problems in Hydrology. D. Reidel, Dordrecht, pp. 1-17.
15. Naden, P.S., 1992. Spatial variability in flood estimation for large catchments: the exploitation of channel network structure. J. Hydrol. Sci., 37(1-2): 53-71.
16. Nash, J.E., 1957. The form of the instantaneous unit hydrograph. IASH Publ., 42: 114-118.
17. Pilgrim, D.H., 1976. Travel times and nonliriearity of flood runoff from a tracer study on a small watershed. Water Resour. Res., 12(4): 487-496.
18. Pilgrim, D.H., 1977. Isochrones of travel time and distribution of flood storage from a tracer study on a small watershed. Water Resour. Res., 13(3): 587-595.
19. Rinaldo, A., Marani, A. and Rigon, R., 1991. Geomorphological dispersion. Water Resour. Res., 27(4): 513-525.
20. Rodriguez-Iturbe, I. and Valdés, J.B., 1979. The geomorphologic structure of hydrologic response. Water Resour. Res., 15(6): 1409-1420.
21. Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., Devoto, G. and Valdés, J.B., 1979. Discharge response analysis and hydrologic similarity: the interrelation between the geomorphologic IUH and the storm characteristics. Water Resour. Res., 15(6): 1435-1444.
22. Rosso, R., 1984. Nash Model relation to Horton order ratios. Water Resour. Res., 20(7): 914-920.
23. Shreve, R.L. 1966. Statistical law of stream number. J. Geol., 74: 17-37.
24. Snell, J.D. and Sivapalan, M., 1994. On geomorphological dispersion in natural catchments and the geomorphological unit hydrograph. Water Resour. Res., 30(7): 2311-2323.
25. Strahler, A.N., 1952. Hypsometric (area-altitude) analysis of erosional topography. Geol. Soc. Bull., 69: 1117-1142.
26. Todini, E., 1996. The ARNO rainfall-runoff model. J. Hydrol., 175: 339-382.
27. Troutman, B.M. and Karlinger, M.R., 1984. On the expected width function for topologically random channel networks. J. Appl. Prob., 21: 836-884.
28. Troutman, B.M. and Karlinger, M.R., 1985. Unit hydrograph approximation assuming linear flow through topologically random channel networks. Water Resour. Res., 21(5): 743-754.
29. Troutman, B.M. and Karlinger, M.R., 1986. Averaging properties of channel networks using methods in stochastic branching theory. In: V. Gupta, I. Rodriguez-Iturbe and E. Wood (Editors), Scale Problems in Hydrology. D. Reidel, Dordrecht, pp. 185-216.