The Stanford Watershed Model: The Correlation of Parameter Values Selected by a Computerized Procedure with Measurable Physical Characteristics of the Watershed, Part 2

Authors

Glendon Allen Ross, University of Kentucky

Abstract

Soundly planned water resources development requires a knowledge of streamflow magnitudes and time patterns. Where recorded information is unavailable, water resources project design can be greatly improved by streamflow simulation.

This study is devoted to describing the application of a self-calibrating version of the Stanford Watershed Model to 17 rural Kentucky watersheds and two urbanizing watersheds. The required data for this version (OPSET) is tabulated and the data collection process is described. The watershed parameter values estimated by OPSET and independent numerical estimates of physical watershed characteristics are tabulated and correlated. The results should help in estimating parameter values for other watersheds with similar characteristics. Physical descriptions of the study watersheds are provided.

Publication Date

1970

Report Number

35

Notes/Citation Information

Project number: C-1282

Funding Information

Supported in part by the Office of Water Resources Research, Department of the Interior under P.L. 88-379

Title II Research Grant #14-01-0001-1964

Repository Citation

Ross, Glendon Allen, "The Stanford Watershed Model: The Correlation of Parameter Values Selected by a Computerized Procedure with Measurable Physical Characteristics of the Watershed, Part 2" (1970). KWRRI Research Reports. 209.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kwrri_reports/209