A measure of watershed nonlinearity: Interpreting a variable instantaneous unit hydrograph model on two vastly different sized watersheds

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 405-423

  Ding, J Y ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CHANNEL ROUTING; CHEZY LAW; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONVOLUTION INTEGRALS; DEGREE OF NON-LINEARITY; DIFFERENT SIZES; DISCHARGE COEFFICIENTS; DRAINAGE AREA; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOW FUNCTION; FRICTION LAWS; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC DESIGN; ILLINOIS; INSTANTANEOUS UNIT HYDROGRAPH; KERNEL FUNCTION; LINEAR CONVOLUTION; N VALUE; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR APPROACH; OVERLAND FLOW; PARAMETER VARIABLE; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOWS; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SCALE PARAMETER; SHAPE FACTOR; THEORETICAL VALUES; TIME TO PEAK; UNIT HYDROGRAPH; VARIABLE KERNELS;

CATCHMENTS; CONVOLUTION; FLOOD CONTROL; FRICTION; GAIN CONTROL; LANDFORMS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS; TIME SERIES; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISCHARGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; NONLINEARITY; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STORM; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TURBULENT FLOW; UNIT HYDROGRAPH; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

CONNECTICUT; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551557560     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-405-2011     Document Type: Article

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