Efficiency of Clark Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph in Flood Unit Hydrograph Regeneration

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Head and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Watershed Management Engineering, College of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres Univ., Noor, Mazandaran, Iran

2 M.S. Dept. of Watershed Management Engineering

Abstract

The present study has been conducted to evaluate the efficiency of Clark Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph Model in regenerating flood unit hydrograph in Bazoft watershed in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. The comparative evaluation is conducted between the 2h-Unit hydographs simulated using Clark model and the one obtained from averaging the observed ones. This comparison is made with the help of statistical criteria viz. relative error, root mean square of error, coefficient of efficiency and bias. It verified high level of compatibility between two unit hydrographs using the clark model and the hydrograph obtained by averaging the observed data.

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Iran-Water Resources Research
Volume 1, Issue 2
July 2005
Pages 97-99

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  • Receive Date: 24 May 2004
  • Accept Date: 17 August 2004

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