Analysis of Muskingum Equation Based Flood Routing Schemes
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The linear Muskingum method continues to be a simple and popular procedure for river flood routing. An alternative algorithm for the numerical estimation of the Muskingum routing parameters is presented. Fully implicit and semi-implicit finite-difference schemes are compared for accuracy with respect to the traditional graphical procedure. A stability analysis and an objective criterion for the application of each scheme in the light of different measurement intervals for the inflow and outflow hydrographs is discussed. An application example and recommendations are included.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 5 • Issue 1 • January 2000
Pages: 102 - 105
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Received: Jul 28, 1998
Published online: Jan 1, 2000
Published in print: Jan 2000
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