Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Author(s): Dawei Han

DOI: 10.2174/978160805047511101010080

Rainfall Runoff Modelling

Pp: 80-86 (7)

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Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Rainfall Runoff Modelling

Author(s): Dawei Han

Pp: 80-86 (7)

DOI: 10.2174/978160805047511101010080

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

Due to their relatively low costs, there are more rain gauges than river flow stations. In addition, rainfall records are usually much longer than river flow records. As a result, rainfall runoff modelling helps flood engineers to convert rainfall records into river flows.


Keywords: rational method, runoff generation, hydrograph separation, rainfall runoff

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