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Evaluation of AMC-Dependent SCS-CN-Based Models Using Watershed Characteristics

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This paper presents a quantitative evaluation of the existing Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) model, its variants, and the modified Mishra and Singh (MS) models for their suitability to particular land use, soil type and combination thereof using a large set of rainfall-runoff data from small to large watersheds of the U.S.A. The analysis reveals that the existing SCS-CN model is more suitable for high runoff producing agricultural watersheds than to watersheds showing pasture/range land use and sandy soils. On the other hand, the two different versions of the Mishra-Singh model are more suitable for both high and low runoff producing watersheds, but with mixed land use.

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  1. National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 247 667, Uttaranchal, India

    M. K. Jain

  2. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttaranchal, India

    S. K. Mishra

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-6405, U.S.A.

    V. P. Singh

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Jain, M.K., Mishra, S.K. & Singh, V.P. Evaluation of AMC-Dependent SCS-CN-Based Models Using Watershed Characteristics. Water Resour Manage 20, 531–552 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-006-3086-1

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