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dc.contributor.authorNnaji, S.
dc.contributor.authorDavis, D. R.
dc.contributor.authorFogel, M. M.
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-29T22:43:58Z
dc.date.available2013-08-29T22:43:58Z
dc.date.issued1974-04-20
dc.identifier.issn0272-6106
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/300364
dc.descriptionFrom the Proceedings of the 1974 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - April 19-20, 1974, Flagstaff, Arizonaen_US
dc.description.abstractSemiarid environments exhibit certain hydrologic characteristics which must be taken into consideration for the effective modeling of the behavior of catchments in these areas. Convective storms, which cause most of the runoff, occur in high intensity and short duration during the summer months and are highly localized so that only a small portion of the catchment actually contributes flow to the storm hydrograph. Also, streams in semiarid catchments are ephemeral with flow occurring only about 1 percent of the time. This study attempts to develop a simple synthetic catchment model that reflects these features of the semiarid environment and for which (1) the simplifying assumptions do not preclude the inclusion of the important components of the runoff process, and (2) parameters of the equations representing the component processes have physical interpretation and are obtainable from basin characteristics so that the model may be applicable to ungaged sites. A reductionist approach is then applied in which the entire catchment is subdivided into a finite number of meshes and the various components of the runoff phenomenon are delineated within each mesh as independent functions of the catchment. Simplified forms of the hydrodynamic equations of flow are used to route flow generated from each mesh to obtain a complete hydrograph at the outlet point.
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dc.publisherArizona-Nevada Academy of Scienceen_US
dc.rightsCopyright ©, where appropriate, is held by the author.en_US
dc.subjectHydrology -- Arizona.en_US
dc.subjectWater resources development -- Arizona.en_US
dc.subjectHydrology -- Southwestern states.en_US
dc.subjectWater resources development -- Southwestern states.en_US
dc.subjectSynthetic hydrologyen_US
dc.subjectSemiarid climatesen_US
dc.subjectWatersheds (basins)en_US
dc.subjectStorm runoffen_US
dc.subjectHydrographsen_US
dc.subjectDrainage areaen_US
dc.subjectHydrologyen_US
dc.subjectWater sourcesen_US
dc.subjectWater yielden_US
dc.subjectStormsen_US
dc.subjectMathematical modelsen_US
dc.subjectStreamflowen_US
dc.subjectCloudburstsen_US
dc.subjectSurface runoffen_US
dc.subjectMeteorologyen_US
dc.subjectRainfall-runoff relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectHydrograph analysisen_US
dc.subjectClimatic dataen_US
dc.subjectComputer modelsen_US
dc.titleA Deterministic Model for Semi-Arid Catchmentsen_US
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dc.typeProceedingsen_US
dc.identifier.journalHydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwesten_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis article is part of the Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest collections. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science and the University of Arizona Libraries. For more information about items in this collection, contact anashydrology@gmail.com.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-24T20:18:54Z
html.description.abstractSemiarid environments exhibit certain hydrologic characteristics which must be taken into consideration for the effective modeling of the behavior of catchments in these areas. Convective storms, which cause most of the runoff, occur in high intensity and short duration during the summer months and are highly localized so that only a small portion of the catchment actually contributes flow to the storm hydrograph. Also, streams in semiarid catchments are ephemeral with flow occurring only about 1 percent of the time. This study attempts to develop a simple synthetic catchment model that reflects these features of the semiarid environment and for which (1) the simplifying assumptions do not preclude the inclusion of the important components of the runoff process, and (2) parameters of the equations representing the component processes have physical interpretation and are obtainable from basin characteristics so that the model may be applicable to ungaged sites. A reductionist approach is then applied in which the entire catchment is subdivided into a finite number of meshes and the various components of the runoff phenomenon are delineated within each mesh as independent functions of the catchment. Simplified forms of the hydrodynamic equations of flow are used to route flow generated from each mesh to obtain a complete hydrograph at the outlet point.


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