Assessment of the SCS-CN initial abstraction ratio for predicting runoff treatment volumes during rain-on-snow events

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 9 A, 2011, Pages 2391-2399

  Al Houri, Zain M ^a   Barber, Michael E ^b  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP design; Curve number; Rainfall simulator; SBUH method; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FROZEN GROUND; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROUND CONDITIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEMIARID REGION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 80053113563     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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