A comparison of curve number based methods for runoff estimation from small watersheds in a semi-arid region of India

Hydrology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-200

  Ali, Shakir ^a   Sharda, V N ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

Author keywords

Curve number; India; Runoff; Semi arid region; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CURVES (ROAD); ESTIMATION; HANDBOOKS; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; CURVE NUMBER (CN); GOODNESS OF FIT (GOF); LOGNORMAL; RANK ORDERS; RUNOFF DATA; RUNOFF ESTIMATION; SEMI ARID REGIONS; SMALL WATERSHEDS; STORM EVENTS;

CURVE FITTING;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SAMPLING BIAS; SEMIARID REGION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 46849111379     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2008.045     Document Type: Article

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