The general soil conservation service curve number (SCS-CN)-based Mishra and Singh (Mishra and Singh, 1999, J. Hydrologic. Eng. ASCE, 4(3), 257–264) model and its eight variants were investigated for their field applicability using a large set of rainfall-runoff events, derived from a number...

The present study investigates experimentally the effect of watershed (i.e. field plot of 22 m × 5 m) slope on rainfall-generated runoff and, in turn, the runoff curve numbers (CN) resulting from field plots (with land use of maize and sugarcane on the soil falling in Hydrologic Soil...

The available antecedent moisture condition (AMC)-dependent runoff curve number (CN) (SCS, National Engineering Handbook, Supplement A, Section 4, Chapter 10, Soil Conservation Service, USDA, Washington, DC, 1956) conversion formulae due to Sobhani (M.S. Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT,...

Employing a large dataset of 84 small watersheds (area=0.17 to 71.99 ha) of U.S.A., this paper investigates a number of initial abstraction (I <Subscript> a </Subscript>)-potential maximum retention (S) relations incorporating antecedent moisture (M) as a function of antecedent precipitation (P <Subscript>5</Subscript>), and finally...</subscript></subscript>

A new lumped conceptual model based on the Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) concept has been proposed in this paper for long-term hydrologic simulation and it has been tested using the data of five catchments from different climatic and geographic settings of India. When compared...

This paper presents a quantitative evaluation of the existing Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) model, its variants, and the modified Mishra and Singh (MS) models for their suitability to particular land use, soil type and combination thereof using a large set of rainfall-runoff...

Percolation tanks are widely used for increasing recharge of ground water resources. This has been used from centuries in arid and semi arid regions of India and is known by different indigenous name, viz. rapat, nadi etc. However not much work has been done on standardization of the design...

The “Eight Communities of the Chianti” area, Tuscany, Italy, receives an average annual rainfall of 700–800mm, mainly between September and December. Nevertheless, the storage capacity of the soil is not sufficient to fulfill agricultural requirements, resulting in a shortage of water from...

The impacts of climate change and human activities on the surface runoff were analyzed by the Mann–Kendall and trend analysis methods based on the hydrological, meteorological and socioeconomic data over the last 50 years in the Tarim River basin. Results show that the runoff in the...

Xitiaoxi catchment is one of the most important catchments in the Taihu basin in China. Due to its significant contribution of surface runoff and associated nutrients input to Lake Taihu, understanding of the processes of surface runoff in this catchment is, therefore, of primary importance in...