Abstract
Long-term hydrologic simulation is required for augmentation of hydrologic data. It is useful for water resources planning and watershed management. Long-term hydrologic data are specifically required for analyses of water availability; computation of daily, fortnightly, and monthly flows for reservoir operation; and drought analyses. Since the rainfall data are generally available for a much longer period than are the stream flow data, long-term hydrologic simulation helps extend the gauged data required for the above applications. Since this book deals with the SCS-CN method, the available methods utilizing the SCS-CN method for hydrologic simulation are reviewed and their application is demonstrated using simple examples. Finally, the modified version of the SCS-CN method (Chapter 4) along with its variants is applied to the data set of Hemavati watershed (area = 600 sq. km) in India.
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Mishra, S.K., Singh, V.P. (2003). Long-Term Hydrologic Simulation. In: Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) Methodology. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0147-1_7
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