Non-linear unit-hydrograph runoff routing based on kinematic wave theory

• Main Author: Goi, Soon Luan.
• Other Authors: Wong, Tommy Sai Wai
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Water resources
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19405
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A simple method of flood hydrograph synthesis. the kinematic wave "unit hydrograph" (KWUH) method, based on the kinematic wave theory, had been proposed by Lee et al (1992). The method is able to capture the unit response hydrograph of a catchment explicitly in terms of three characteristi...