History and development of the NRCS lag time equation

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 829-838

  Folmar, Norman D ^a   Miller, Arthur C ^b   Woodward, Donald E ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Lag time; Soil Conservation Service; Surface water hydrology; Time of concentration; Unit hydrograph; Water resources history

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATERSHEDS;

LAG TIME; SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TIME OF CONCENTRATION; UNIT HYDROGRAPH; WATER RESOURCES HISTORY;

FLOODS;

FLOODS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATERSHEDS;

EQUATION; FLOOD; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; WATERSHED;

EID: 34347371614     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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