Improved curve number selection for runoff prediction

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 728-734

  Perrone, J ^a   Madramootoo, C A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AGNPS; Antecedent moisture; Curve number; Hydrologic modeling; Peak flow; Precipitation; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ANTECEDENT PRECIPITATION INDEX; CALIBRATION CURVES; CURVE NUMBER METHOD; HYDROLOGIC DATABASE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

HYDROLOGY; MODELING; PEAK FLOW; RUNOFF; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0032147999     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l98-007     Document Type: Article

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