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A methodology of determination of the maximum water discharges and volumes of rain floods in small catchments

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A method of computation of maximum discharges caused by rainfalls fallen onto small catchments is presented. This method is based on usage of the catchments’ hydrometeorological parameters, soil properties and observed characteristics of rainfalls.

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Original Russian Text © V.M. Denisov, A.V. Pak, 2009, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2009, No. 12, pp. 65–76.

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Denisov, V.M., Pak, A.V. A methodology of determination of the maximum water discharges and volumes of rain floods in small catchments. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 34, 818–827 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373909120073

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