Updating rainfall intensity duration curves in the northeast for runoff prediction

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2010, ASABE 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 934-947

  Wright, Peter ^a   DeGeatano, Arthur ^b   Merkel, William ^c   Metcalf, Lynn ^d   Quan, Quan D ^c   Zarrow, Dan ^b  

^a NRCS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NRCS   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution curves; Return periods; Runoff

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSERVATION; ENGINEERS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RUNOFF;

CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; DISTRIBUTION CURVES; DURATION CURVE; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RETURN PERIODS; RUNOFF MODEL; RUNOFF PREDICTION; SEDIMENT CONTROL; SOUND DATA; STORM EVENTS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; TIME-PERIODS; UPDATED DATA;

RAIN;

EID: 78649696493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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