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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 />
on catchtlents 2O6L and 4376' as shot"ll<br />
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the fllst 31x events globa]ly<br />
in Flgule 10. Trro oPtlna ale<br />
FIGUIIE IO<br />
Sensitl vi ty of parameter<br />
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