WSP10743

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1976
• Title: Computer Simulation of Surface Water Hydrology and Salinity with and Application to Studies of Colorado River Management -- Part 1 of 2 -- Title Page - Page 142
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CHAPTER 2 THE HYDROLOGIC MODEL

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Hydrologic Simulation

2.2.1 Preliminary Data Analysis

2.2.2 Synthetic Streamflow Models

2.2.3 Development of a Lag-One, Multisite Streamflow
Model

2.2.3.1
2.2.3.2
2.2.3.3

2.2.3.4
2.2.3.5

Removal of the Monthly Mean
Removal of Lag-One Autocorrelation
Removal of Cross-Correlation between
Tributaries
Treatment of Random Component
Flow Generation P!'ocedure

2.3 Application of Streamflow Synthes1.s to the Colorado
River Basin

2.3.1 Introduction

2.3.2 Choice of a Model

2.3.2.1 Hydrologic Model Requirements and
Constraints
2.3.2.2 Hydrologic Model Elements

2.3.3 Preliminary Data Analysis

2.3.3.1
2.3.3.2

Cycles
Trends

2.3.4 The Synthetic Streamflow Generation Model

2.3.4.1
2.3.4.2
2.3.4.3
2.3.4.4
2.3.4.5

Removal of the Monthly Mean
Removal of Serial Correlation
Removal of Cross-Correlation
Treatment of the Random Component of Flow
Synthetic Streamflow Generation Procedure

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