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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2014.34.4.1171

Comparing Calculation Techniques for Effective Rainfalls Using NRCS-CN Method: Focused on Introducing Weighted Average and Slope-based CN  

Moon, Geon-Woo (Hanyang University)
Yoo, Ji-Young (Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Tae-Woong (Hanyang University)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.34, no.4, 2014 , pp. 1171-1180 More about this Journal
Abstract
The NRCS-CN method is generally used to estimate effective rainfalls in a basin. However, since the curve number which plays a critical role in the NRCS-CN method was originally developed for US watersheds, it is limited to be directly applied to other basins outside the United States. Therefore various modifications have been suggested to revise the NRCS-CN for specific watershed condition. This study introduced the weighted average method and the slope-based CN to estimate effective rainfalls available for Korean watersheds and compared with the observed direct runoff. The overall results achieved from this study indicated that the adjusted slope-based CN considerably increases effective rainfalls in general and makes the duration of effective storm longer. Based on the statistical error analysis performed for various modifications of NRCS-CN, the weighted average method with the adjusted slope-based CN has highest precision with the observed direct runoff. In addition, after analyzing the relation between the initial loss estimated from rainfall-runoff observations and the potential maximum retention from GIS-based data, it turns out that the assumption of linear relationship between the initial loss and the potential maximum retention is not available for Korean watersheds.
Keywords
NRCS-CN; Weighted average; Slope; Curve number; Effective rainfall;
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