Reconstruction of the snow-melt hydrograph in the Payette River Basin
Title | Reconstruction of the snow-melt hydrograph in the Payette River Basin |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Conference | 1955 |
Authors | Zimmerman, A. L. |
Conference Name | 23rd Annual Western Snow Conference |
Series Title | Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Western Snow Conference |
Date Published | April 1955 |
Publisher | Western Snow Conference |
Conference Location | Portland, Oregon |
Keywords | Flood hydrograph development, Forecasting |
Abstract | A recently developed method of forecasting runoff of streams where snowmelt is the predominant factor in the flood hydrograph is described. This procedure was developed on the basis of data for the years 1943-45 and 1950-52, which included both large and small seasonal volumes and high and low peak flows. Radiosonde temperatures provided the basis for most of the temperature parameter, and daily increments of total computed runoff from snowmelt and rain were divided into 2 components: surface runoff and ground water runoff. The method permits computation of an entire seasonal hydrograph without reference to the observed hydrograph, once the snowmelt season has begun. Other day-to-day factors are involved. The procedure was tested on the Payette River, Idaho with satisfactory results. |
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