Design hydrograph estimation in small and ungauged watersheds: Continuous simulation method versus event-based approach

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3124-3134

  Grimaldi, S ^a,b,c   Petroselli, A ^a,d   Serinaldi, F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous models; Intensity duration frequency curves; Synthetic design hydrograph; Ungauged basins; WFIUH model

Indexed keywords

CLASS OF METHODS; CONTINUOUS MODELS; CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; EVENT-BASED; HYDROGRAPH ESTIMATION; HYDROGRAPHS; INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY CURVES; KEYPOINTS; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RAINFALL SEQUENCES; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; STORM EVENTS; UNGAUGED BASINS; UNGAUGED WATERSHED;

RUNOFF; STORMS; TIME SERIES;

DESIGN;

BASIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; HYDROGRAPH; PEAK FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; TIME SERIES; WATERSHED;

EID: 84866169043     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8384     Document Type: Article

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