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The concept of catchment wetting due to L'vovich (1979) enables a better water balance than that possible with conventional methods. Given precipitation and streamflow data, and using an appropriate baseflow separation technique, L'vovich's method enables the calculation of the matrix of precipitation/runoff/surface_runoff/baseflow/wetting/vaporization. This provides a clearer understanding of all the components of the water balance for a given gaged catchment.
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The methods of cascade of linear reservoirs and unit hydrograph convolution are shown to be one and the same when
the cascade parameters are used to calculate the unit hydrograph
of the convolution. In the absence of gaged data, the cascade parameters may be estimated based on geomorphology.
Once the parameters are established, the composite flood hydrograph is uniquely determined.
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A general dimensionless unit hydrograph (GDUH) based on the cascade of linear reservoirs is formulated and calculated
online.
The GDUH is shown to be solely a function of the Courant number and the number of linear reservoirs.
Since the GDUH is independent of the basin drainage area and the unit hydrograph duration,
it is applicable on a global basis.
Each GDUH ia a function only of the basin's prevailing runoff diffusion properties.
The model's two-parameter feature provides increased flexibility for simulating a wide range of diffusion effects.
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