CIV E 634 - SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2005
HOMEWORK 3: RUNOFF CURVE NUMBER
For the P-Q data below [series of annual maxima], corresponding to watershed 68013 (WS-13), in Reynolds, Idaho,
calculate the runoff curve number.
- Plot the data in the P-Q plane.
- For each P-Q pair, use Eq. 17
in the runoff curve number paper to calculate potential retention S.
- For each S, use Eq. 9
in the runoff curve number paper to calculate a set of CN's.
- The calibrated curve number is the average of the set of CN's.
- Use the calibrated CN obtained in step 4 and Eq. 10
in the runoff curve number paper to plot a curve in the P-Q plane. Vary P between 0 and 2. Note the constraint to Eq. 10.
- Compare the curve plotted in step 5 with the raw P-Q data plotted in step 1.
| Event | Precipitation (in) | Runoff (in) |
| 01 | 0.980 | 0.0139 |
| 02 | 0.842 | 0.1162 |
| 03 | 0.220 | 0.0117 |
| 04 | 1.720 | 0.1614 |
| 05 | 0.300 | 0.0180 |
| 06 | 0.570 | 0.0758 |
| 07 | 0.571 | 0.1060 |
| 08 | 0.910 | 0.3275 |
| 09 | 0.070 | 0.0471 |
| 10 | 0.210 | 0.0714 |
| 11 | 0.220 | 0.1649 |
| 12 | 0.080 | 0.0121 |
| 13 | 0.760 | 0.0761 |
| 14 | 0.160 | 0.0047 |
| 15 | 0.150 | 0.0051 |
| 16 | 0.360 | 0.0074 |
| 17 | 0.360 | 0.0366 |
| 18 | 0.690 | 0.0620 |
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