Simulation of Flood Hydrographs for Small Basins in Missouri

摘要

The report summarizes the data and analytical procedures used in an investigation to determine characteristics of flood hydrographs from small gaged rural and urban drainage basins. The report also presents regression equations developed for estimating basin lagtimes, peak discharges, and flood volumes, and describes a technique for simulating flood hydrographs. Descriptions of the applicability, accuracy, and limitations of the equations and technique, and examples of their use are given. This is the final report resulting from the investigation of flood hydrographs from small rural and urban basins in Missouri, and supplements a previous report (Becker, 1986) that provides techniques for estimating flood-peak discharges from urban basins.