Troolin, W. (2015) Impacts of Delineation Methods on Modeled Runoff in Watersheds Containing Non-Contributing Internal Drainage. MSc Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Improving Curve Number Runoff Estimates Using Dual Hydrologic Soil Classification and Potential Contributing Source Areas Delineation Methods

  AUTHORS: Katherine Miller, Katherine Folk Clancy

  KEYWORDS: Curve number, Watershed Delineation, Runoff

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.9 No.1, January 12, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Runoff models such as the Curve Number (CN) model are dependent upon land use and soil type within the watershed or contributing area. In regions with internal drainage (e.g. wetlands) watershed delineation methods that fill sinks can result in inaccurate contributing areas and estimations of runoff from models such as the CN model. Two methods to account for this inaccuracy have been 1) to adjust the initial abstraction value within the CN model; or 2) to improve the watershed delineation in order to better account for internal drainage. We used a combined approach of examining the watershed delineation, and refining the CN model by the incorporating of dual hydrologic soil classifications. For eighteen watersheds within Wisconsin, we compared the CN model results of three watershed delineation methods to USGS gaged values. We found that for large precipitation events (>100 mm) the CN model estimations are closer to observed values for watershed delineations that identify the directly connected watershed and use the undrained hydrologic soil classification.