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Document Type
Dissertation - University Access Only
Award Date
2011
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department / School
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
First Advisor
Edwin T. Engman
Abstract
Urban runoff index estimation, which has traditionally been a time-consuming and labor-intensive process, is a fundamental problem for modeling watershed runoff especially for growing cities that lack stream gages worldwide. The research developed and evaluated the composite runoff index (RIc) geographic model (© 2005-2006 Pravara Thanapura. Use with permission)—an area-weighted parameterization scheme-based remote sensing and GIS methodology—for efficiently and effectively estimating the critical input as required by the most widely used single-parameter rainfall-runoff techniques: the curve number (CN) for the Natural Resources Conservation Service Curve-Number (NRCS-CN) method and the runoff coefficient (C) for the rational method. The RIc geographic model, as developed using Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and demonstrated in Las Vegas, Nevada, provides an improved scheme for effective drainage design, analysis, and water management in urban ungaged areas. This, in turn, should help prevent uncertain local and downstream flooding during unusual rainfall events, and potentially reduce loss of life and damage to property, and thus could enhance public safety, economic development, and quality of life.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Urban runoff -- Mathematical models
Urban runoff -- Management
Urban hydrology -- Mathematical models
Description
Includes bibliographical references (293-309)
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
333
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 2011 Pravara Thanapura. All rights reserved
Recommended Citation
Thanapura, Pravara, "Developing and Evaluating the Composite Runoff Index Geographic Model for Urban Rainfall-Runoff Modeling" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 638.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/638