Abstract: Kinematic and diffusion waves are reviewed prompted by the continuing controversy regarding their nature and applicability. Kinematic waves are shown to be nondiffusive, but to undergo change in shape due to nonlinearity. ...

Abstract: The Muskingum-Cunge flood routing model is extended to the realm of looped ratings. This is accomplished by reformulating the conventional four-point model to use the local water surface slope and the Vedernikov number in ...

Abstract: The conceptual and empirical foundations of the runoff curve number method are reviewed. The method is a conceptual model of hydrologic abstraction of storm rainfall. Its objective is to estimate direct runoff depth from ...

Abstract: The feasibility of temporarily holding storm water in parking lots is examined by using a diffusion wave model of catchment dynamics. Four extreme storm types are applied to four typical parking lot sizes to assess the ...

Abstract: The Vedernikov number

Abstract: The effect of cross-sectional shape on free-surface instability is characterized by the dimensionless relative kinematic wave celerity

Abstract: An analytical model of flood wave propagation is used to study the sensitivity of dam-breach flood waves to breach-outflow hydrograph volume, peak discharge, and downstream-channel bed slope. Dimensionless parameters are ...