Review of methods used to estimate catchment response time for the purpose of peak discharge estimation;Revue des méthodes d’évaluation du temps de réponse d’un bassin versant pour l’estimation du débit de pointe

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1935-1971

  Gericke, Ockert J ^a,b   Smithers, Jeff C ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

catchment response time; floods; lag time; peak discharge; runoff; South Africa; time of concentration; time parameters; time to peak; time variables

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; FLOODS; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT RESPONSE TIME; LAG-TIME; PEAK DISCHARGE; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME OF CONCENTRATIONS; TIME PARAMETER; TIME TO PEAK; TIME VARIABLE;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; PEAK DISCHARGE; RUNOFF;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84907881954     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.866712     Document Type: Article

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