Runoff curve number method: Examination of the initial abstraction ratio

World Water and Environmental Resources Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 691-700

  Woodward, Donald E ^a   Hawkins, Richard H ^b   Jiang, Ruiyun ^b   Hjelmfelt Jr , Allen T ^a   Van Mullem, Joseph A ^a   Quan, Quan D ^a  

^a University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOIL CONSERVATION; STORMS;

RUNOFF HYDROGRAPHS; RUNOFF MODELING;

RUNOFF;

EID: 1642435544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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