Uncertainty analyses of watershed time parameters

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 490-498

  McCuen, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrographs; Runoff; Time factors; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

CENTERS OF MASS; FLOW DEPTHS; FLOW PATHS; HYDROGRAPHS; INFLECTION POINTS; PEAK DISCHARGE RATES; RAINFALL RUNOFFS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PARAMETERS; TIMING PARAMETERS; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES; WATERSHED RUNOFFS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; TIME MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGRAPH; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED;

EID: 65449123070     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000011     Document Type: Article

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