General Considerations for Managing Floods and Droughts
Work described at this conference and future developmental work of water resource engineers will best contribute to professional improvement if such work is guided by appropriate objectives....
The Great Lakes Large Basin Runoff Model
The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) developed its Large Basin Runoff Model (LBRM) specifically for modeling runoff and moisture storages in the large river basins...
Probabilistic Forecasts of Continued High Great Lakes Water Levels
Existing projections of Great Lakes water levels over the next several years do not consider how meteorologic variability affects the hydrologic processes (basin runoff, overlake precipitation,...
Estimating Firm Yield and Reliability of Small Reservoirs on Ungaged Streams in North-Central Montana
A reservoir-operation algorithm utilizing a sequence of monthly streamflows from a lag-one Markov model is proposed for estimating firm yield and reliability. The reservoir-operation algorithm...
Spatial Attenuation of Major Pennsylvania Storms
To utilize point estimates for more expansive areas, reduction factors are necessary to account for the attenuation of storm magnitude with increasing area. The spatial attenuation of...
Experiences of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Pittsburgh in Collecting Real-Time Water Control Data
As a result of an ever increasing need to optimize water use, 'Reservoir Regulation' has evolved into what is now known as 'Water Control Management'. In addition to the flood control...
The Estimation of Rainfall for Flood Forecasting Using Radar and Rain Gage Data
The use of radar-rainfall data in combination with rain gage measurements may improve rainfall estimates over those based on either form of measurement alone. A set of rainfall analysis...
The Northwest Watershed Research Center, 1959-86
Hydrologic research has been conducted on the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed by the Agricultural Research Service for nearly 27 years. Some noteworthy instrumentation, developed...
ENDOW, An Expert System for Screening Environmental Features for Stream Alternations
This paper discusses development of an expert system for Environmental Design of Waterways Projects (ENDOW) by stream alteration specialists who were novices in artificial intelligence....
Urban Stormwater Drainage Design by Modified ILLUDAS
The Illinois Urban Drainage Area Simulator (ILLUDAS) has been extended for continuous simulation by considering dry periods between storms. The model accepts predetermined hydrographs...
A Practical Hydrologic Model for Urban Watersheds
A typical problem in watershed management is determining the peak discharge and runoff volume for numerous and combined watersheds. The methods available to solve this problem are often...
Design of Seepage Fields for Stormwater Disposal
Stricker Pond is a shallow twenty-acre kettle hole pond in south-central Wisconsin. The pond receives runoff from a closed watershed that is rapidly undergoing low density residential...
Maximizing Utility of Interfaces for Hydrologic Models
From the time a watershed layout has been determined, there is sufficient information for a computer to generate a command sequence for hydrologic simulation. Recognizing this fact, an...
An Urban Hydrology Model for the Personal Computer
The use of personal computers to evaluate the effects of urbanization on the hydraulic response characteristics of a watershed is discussed in this paper. Specifically, the use of a group...
Site Hydrology and Basin Design Using Spreadsheets
The Soil Cover Complex Method which was developed by the Soil Conservation Service is a commonly accepted method of evaluating site hydrology. The solution of this method is facilitated...
HEC-1 and HEC-2 Applications on the Microcomputer
The Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) has developed versions of the HEC-1 Flood Hydrograph Package and the HEC-2 Water Surface Profiles programs for MS/PC-DOS compatible microcomputers...
Theory for Development of the TR-55 Tabular Hydrograph Method
Technical Release No. 55 (TR-55), 'Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds,' was originally developed by the United States Soil Conservation Service (SCS) in the...
TR-55 Microcomputer Implementation
Microcomputer software is now available which implements the Soil Conservation Service's recently revised 'Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds',...
Interagency Standards for Automated Local Flood Warning Systems
The need exists for establishing guidelines and standards for aspects of local flood warning systems. The demand for increased flood warning systems is expected to increase due to the...
A Linked Stream-Aquifer System Model
A linked stream-aquifer system (LISAS) model is described. This model includes a deterministic sequential flow simulation component which generates hydrographs of surface runoff and deep...
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