Runoff estimation using the NRCS slope-adjusted curve number in mountainous watersheds

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Ajmal, Muhammad ^a,b   Waseem, Muhammad ^a   Ahn, Jae Hyun ^c   Kim, Tae Woong ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c Seokyeong University   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Initial abstraction; Natural resources conservation service (NRCS) model; Slope adjusted curve number(CN); Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; CALIBRATION; CONSERVATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW VELOCITY; NATURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RAIN; WATERSHEDS;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; CURVE NUMBERS; INITIAL ABSTRACTION; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENTS; RAINWATER INFILTRATIONS; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

RUNOFF;

CONSERVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NATURAL RESOURCE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SLOPE; WATERSHED;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84961173930     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000998     Document Type: Article

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