Hydrograph analysis of an extreme flood event on a 6.97 mi2 watershed indicated that the rainfall excess pattern was:
Time (hours) | 0-2 |
2-4 |
4-6 |
Pe (in) | 0.43 |
1.77 | 2.81 |
and the direct runoff hydrgraph was:
Time (hours) | 0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
DRH (cfs) | 0 |
105 | 207 |
516 |
852 |
1700 |
1851 |
2538 | 1673 | 956 | 363 | 169 | 0 |
Use this information to determine the 2-hour unit hydrograph for the watershed by optimization (with constaints) using the Excel Solver function. First set up the set of deconvolution equations in Excel, and then: