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Linear analysis of hydrographs

William D. Mitchell

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A linear hydrograph is described by the values of five parameters: the size of the drainage area (A), the amount of rainfall excess (Pe), the duration of rainfall excess (D), the translation time (T), and a storage index (k). The unit hydrograph, or any other linear flood hydrograph for a given basin, may be computed merely by incorporating the values of these parameters into a generalized, dimensionless model hydrograph.

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A linear hydrograph is described by the values of five parameters: the size of the drainage area (A), the amount of rainfall excess (Pe), the duration of rainfall excess (D), the translation time (T), and a storage index (k). The unit hydrograph, or any other linear flood hydrograph for a given basin, may be computed merely by incorporating the values of these parameters into a generalized, dimensionless model hydrograph.

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A linear hydrograph is described by the values of five parameters: the size of the drainage area (A), the amount of rainfall excess (Pe), the duration of rainfall excess (D), the translation time (T), and a storage index (k). The unit hydrograph, or any other linear flood hydrograph for a given basin, may be computed merely by incorporating the values of these parameters into a generalized, dimensionless model hydrograph.

Key concepts: Hydrograph, Flood myth, Dimensionless quantity, Hydrology (agriculture), Runoff model, Environmental science, Mathematics, Statistics

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