Date of Award
2001
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Restrepo, Jorge I.
Abstract
Methodologies in GIS are used to compute stream flows for a watershed in Northern California by implementing the Clark Hydrograph Method. GIS algorithms are used to produce time area diagrams with time of concentration formula. These methods are compared to a simulation in HEC-HMS with the dimensionless TAD equation and the ModClark Method. Each GIS method is used to estimate the hydrograph for a measured rainfall event. The accuracy of each of the methods is explored using the HEC objective function, mean squared error, and other statistical measures of correlation. Advantages and limitations of the GIS methodologies are examined and topics of further study are suggested.
Extent
156 p.
Recommended Citation
Kohler, Michael Francis, "Using geographic information systems to produce time area diagrams for the Clark Hydrograph Method" (2001). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 326.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/326
Identifier
FADT12769
Comments
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science