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MICRO‐RELIEF SURFACE DEPRESSION STORAGE: ANALYSIS OF MODELS TO DESCRIBE THE DEPTH‐STORAGE FUNCTION 1
Author(s) -
Mitchell J. Kent,
Jones Benjamin A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1976.tb00256.x
Subject(s) - computer data storage , grid , water storage , storage model , surface (topology) , environmental science , function (biology) , hydrology (agriculture) , mathematics , soil science , geotechnical engineering , computer science , geology , database , geometry , geomorphology , evolutionary biology , inlet , biology , operating system
Micro‐relief surface depression storage is one of the components of the rainfall‐runoff process. The quantification of surface depression storage values and a depth‐storage model to describe the storage was the subject of this study. Point measurement data were collected on 258 surfaces of 5 soils and three artificial surfaces. Five methods of computing storage, 15 depth‐storage models, two depth increments, and six grid spacings were investigated. The 1‐inch grid computational method, 0.1‐inch depth increment, and 1‐inch grid spacings were recommended. The surface depression storage function is best described by the model S = aD b , which relates surface depression storage as a function of depth with two equation parameters. Equations for describing the surface depression storage model parameters have been developed.