TY - GEN
T1 - Distributed modeling of extreme floods on large watersheds
AU - England, John F.
AU - Julien, Pierre Y.
AU - Velleux, Mark L.
AU - Smith, James A.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Estimates of extreme floods and probabilities are needed for hydrologic engineering and dam safety risk analysis. Physically-based, distributed watershed models are used as an avenue to estimate extreme floods, and as a basis to extrapolate frequency curves. The main elements of this research include improving and using a two dimensional, physically-based rainfall-runoff model (CASC2D) to estimate extreme floods and probabilities for dam safety on a large (12,000 km 2) watershed, the Arkansas River above Pueblo, Colorado. New tools have been developed so the model can be applied at this scale. CASC2D can be successfully used to model extreme floods based on observations of extreme rainfall (from both rain gage networks and weather radar) for large watersheds. Future research will focus on the storm transposition concept and linkages with radar. Copyright ASCE 2005.
AB - Estimates of extreme floods and probabilities are needed for hydrologic engineering and dam safety risk analysis. Physically-based, distributed watershed models are used as an avenue to estimate extreme floods, and as a basis to extrapolate frequency curves. The main elements of this research include improving and using a two dimensional, physically-based rainfall-runoff model (CASC2D) to estimate extreme floods and probabilities for dam safety on a large (12,000 km 2) watershed, the Arkansas River above Pueblo, Colorado. New tools have been developed so the model can be applied at this scale. CASC2D can be successfully used to model extreme floods based on observations of extreme rainfall (from both rain gage networks and weather radar) for large watersheds. Future research will focus on the storm transposition concept and linkages with radar. Copyright ASCE 2005.
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U2 - 10.1061/40792(173)470
DO - 10.1061/40792(173)470
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:37249072776
SN - 0784407924
SN - 9780784407929
T3 - World Water Congress 2005: Impacts of Global Climate Change - Proceedings of the 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress
SP - 470
BT - World Water Congress 2005
T2 - 2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress
Y2 - 15 May 2005 through 19 May 2005
ER -