• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.85-91
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• 2011

RV-GIUH must be applied at an outlet or a junction of highest order stream of a subbasin because the model was derived for basins following Horton's ordering system. However hydrograph is calculated at various locations which does not fit to the desirable points. Therefore, some guideline is required for RV-GIUH application in practice. This study would like to suggest the outlet location criteria for appling RV-GIUH at un-gauged basin. Locations were selected by moving to upstream from outlet of Sanganmi basin and unit hydrograph using derived and simple RV-GIUH were estimated at each location. As the results, the peaks of RV-GIUH in upstream were exaggerated because of distortion of length ratio and total stream length. To avoid this error, the location must be selected at 60% downstream of highest stream length. To apply RV-GIUH at various places, equations correcting distortion of total stream length were suggested. With the correcting equations, it can be possible that RV-GIUH is applied at 20% downstream of highest stream length. Application and precision of RV-GIUH will be improved through this research.