Curve numbers and urban runoff modeling - Application limitations

Low Impact Development 2010: Redefining Water in the City - Proceedings of the 2010 International Low Impact Development Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 405-418

  Eli, Robert N ^a   Lamont, Samuel J ^b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Runoff; Urban areas; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

CURVE NUMBER HYDROLOGY; CURVE NUMBERS; GREEN-AMPT; HEC-HMS; HSPF MODELS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; INFILTRATION MODELS; PEAK DISCHARGE; PHYSICALLY BASED; RAINFALL DEPTHS; RUNOFF DEPTH; STATE OF THE PRACTICE; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN RUNOFF MODELING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

RUNOFF;

EID: 77954950158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41099(367)36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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