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Jun 1980
Curve-Number Procedure as Infiltration Method
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Volume 106, Issue 6
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The soil conservation Service (SCS) curve-number procedure is commonly used to determine rainfall excess. The advantage of this method is that the parameters in the relation are the soil type, land use, and precipitation, each of which is relatively easy to estimate. The method does have some shortcomings. The procedure for analysis of intermittent rainfall and for portions of storms where rainfall intensity is less than infiltration capacity is not well defined. In addition the SCS method predicts that the infiltration rate will approach zero during storms of long duration instead of a constant terminal infiltration rate.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 106 • Issue 6 • June 1980
Pages: 1107 - 1111
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© 1980 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Allen T. Hjelmfelt Jr., M.ASCE
Hydr. Engr., Agricultural Research, Sci. and Education Admin., U.S. Dept. of Agr., Columb1a, Mo.
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