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By cooparlng tie rlslng lldbs of the kineDatlc Eoilel anil t]le slnqle<br />

llnea! storage Eodel lt 1s Fosalbl€ to obtaln tie storage coefficlent<br />

o.63 x l,o'60<br />

- o.5 _o.38 .O.4<br />

ltrls .oodel ca$ therefole be applied lo a$y sulface, since the<br />

catcbtnent chalacteristLcs of length of flolt, roughness and sLoPe are<br />

integrated with the palaneter k. Fultler, the non-linear behaviour of<br />

ti€ ralnfall-runoff process is resPectetl through the lnclusion of<br />

palrneter I f,ot ralnfall lntenslty. Ihe Dodel is said to be Pseudo_<br />

llnea!.<br />

An alternative to tiis aPPloach r'tas tested. this rncorporates tie<br />

k v. i lelatj.onahip i.nplied a.bove, as fo11ow9!-<br />

k = c r-'4 (5.4)<br />

where I ls aleflneil as the average ralnfaLl lntenslty ove! ttle nost<br />

intense 10 rlinut€3. C now becomes t-he noalel parameter, and la to be<br />

optl$iseal anal legr66sed on catchnent characterlstlcs 1n the sa[e way<br />

as the other r6odels. 5he rsotlel was Progra$&al by usilrg equation 5'4<br />

and tlten applying 1t as a 6peclal' case to Doile1 2 (wlth n = t) ' lhis<br />

of coulse lnvotnes slightly dore cotnputatlon tltan is strictly necessary'<br />

sensitil)it! of ntodel pa"@netev<br />

the optblgatlon was carried ou! uslng<br />

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