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Approximate Methods for the Estimation of Muskingum Flood Routing Parameters

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  • Jasem Al-Humoud
  • Ismail Esen

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There are a variety of techniques for estimating the parameters x and K of the Muskingum method of flood routing. One common difficulty in all the approaches is that different storm sequences along the same river reach would typically yield different parameter estimates. The a statistical analysis of these parameters also shows that they are highly variable. As a result achieving of a high level accuracy may not be the principle issue in describing x and K. This paper presents two approximate methods for estimating these parameters rather easily. The first method requires the computation of the slopes of the inflow and outflow hydrographs at their point of intersection, and the computation of the maximum storage within the reach. The second method requires the computation of the inflow and outflow hydrographs at two specific points. Three case studies investigated show that the first method gives estimates for the Muskingum parameters comparable to those derived by traditional estimation procedures for hydrographs showing linear characteristics. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006

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  • Jasem Al-Humoud & Ismail Esen, 2006. "Approximate Methods for the Estimation of Muskingum Flood Routing Parameters," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 20(6), pages 979-990, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:20:y:2006:i:6:p:979-990
    DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9018-2
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    1. M. Bhuyan & Sanjay Kumar & Joygopal Jena & P. Bhunya, 2015. "Flood Hydrograph with Synthetic Unit Hydrograph Routing," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 29(15), pages 5765-5782, December.
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    3. Jionghong Chen & Shenglian Guo & Yu Li & Pan Liu & Yanlai Zhou, 2013. "Joint Operation and Dynamic Control of Flood Limiting Water Levels for Cascade Reservoirs," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 27(3), pages 749-763, February.
    4. Jalal Bazargan & Hadi Norouzi, 2018. "Investigation the Effect of Using Variable Values for the Parameters of the Linear Muskingum Method Using the Particle Swarm Algorithm (PSO)," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 32(14), pages 4763-4777, November.
    5. Wang Zhang & Pan Liu & Xizhen Chen & Li Wang & Xueshan Ai & Maoyuan Feng & Dedi Liu & Yuanyuan Liu, 2016. "Optimal Operation of Multi-reservoir Systems Considering Time-lags of Flood Routing," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(2), pages 523-540, January.
    6. Wang Zhang & Pan Liu & Xizhen Chen & Li Wang & Xueshan Ai & Maoyuan Feng & Dedi Liu & Yuanyuan Liu, 2016. "Optimal Operation of Multi-reservoir Systems Considering Time-lags of Flood Routing," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(2), pages 523-540, January.
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