Application of Hydrograph Shape and Channel Infiltration Models to an Arid Watershed

September 1, 2004

Journal Article

Application of Hydrograph Shape and Channel Infiltration Models to an Arid Watershed

Abstract

Ephemeral streamflows measured during January 1995 at upstream and downstream locations in Cold Creek near the arid Hanford Site, Washington were analyzed. Double triangle and composite hydrograph models fit these flow events relatively well, with mean efficiency ~0.8 for fitting the events separately, and efficiency ~0.6 for a single fit to all events. A strong linear relationship was found between upstream and downstream flow volumes (R2=0.99, p-value

Revised: October 27, 2005 | Published: September 1, 2004

Citation

Waichler S.R., and M.S. Wigmosta. 2004. Application of Hydrograph Shape and Channel Infiltration Models to an Arid Watershed. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 9, no. 5:433-439. PNNL-SA-37392.