Abstract: This work has two purposes: (1) starting from the classic hydraulic geometry formulation, present a mathematically parsimonious, two-parameter, characterization of channel shape and size; and (2) analytically ...

Abstract: The effects of climate change are increasingly considered in conjunction with changes in water demand and reservoir sedimentation in forecasts of water supply vulnerability. Here, the relative effects of these factors are ...

Abstract: Water quality models are important tools used for developing total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), which are used to implement water quality standards. The writers have developed a tool which spatially interpolates output ...

Abstract: Both theory and experience indicate that, while detention basins designed to control peak discharge are effective in controlling peak rates, the basins are ineffective in controlling the degradation of erodible channels ...

Abstract: This study develops a quantitative relation defining the extent of influence that a dam imposes on annual peak streamflow, and employs the developed relation to retain the use of some USGS gauges in the state of Maryland ...

Abstract: A geographic information system (GIS) based approach to quantify the coverage provided by a stream gauge network is presented. This approach relies on digital elevation models, a digital representation of the observed ...

Abstract: A typical flood frequency analysis is based on gauged annual maximum discharges. One assumption behind the analysis is that the measured discharge signal is stationary. The validity of this assumption can be difficult to ...

Abstract: The writers examine the effects of digital elevation model (DEM) grid size on hydrologic modeling. The Natural Resources Conservation Service TR-55 model is used to estimate peak discharges from 44 watersheds in central ...

Abstract: Urban development within a watershed can take on a wide and diverse range of spatial patterns. The terms “sprawl” and “clustered” development, for example, are frequent in the literature, spanning the spectrum of possible ...