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Precipitation-Runoff and Streamflow-Routing Models for the ...

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100,000ObservedSimulated10,000DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND1,00010010O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S1973 1974WATER YEARFigure 22. Observed <strong>and</strong> simulated discharge from combined <strong>Precipitation</strong>-<strong>Runoff</strong> Modeling System <strong>and</strong> DiffusionAnalogy Flow (modeling <strong>for</strong> Molalla River at Canby, Oregon (stream-gaging station 14200000), 1973–74 water years.(See Glossary <strong>for</strong> program descriptions.)simulate 226 mi 2 of intervening drainage area (70 percentof <strong>the</strong> basin). Statistical bias <strong>and</strong> error <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> calibration<strong>and</strong> verification time periods are shown intable 12. The absolute errors of 16.3 <strong>and</strong> 20.7 percent<strong>for</strong> calibration <strong>and</strong> verification periods, respectively,are within <strong>the</strong> expected accuracy <strong>for</strong> simulation, whensuch a large part of <strong>the</strong> basin is simulated by rainfallrunoffmodeling. The relatively large network modelingbias in verification is probably indicative of largevariations in irrigation from year to year. Low-flowsimulations are unsatisfactory because no attemptwas made to account <strong>for</strong> summertime irrigation.Water-use in<strong>for</strong>mation (Broad <strong>and</strong> Collins, 1996)is by major hydrologic unit (<strong>the</strong> entire Molalla RiverBasin is one unit), so data were not available todirectly assess water use <strong>for</strong> this part of <strong>the</strong> basin.Water consumption in <strong>the</strong> Pudding River Basin, whichflows into <strong>the</strong> Molalla River just downstream of <strong>the</strong>Canby gage, is probably larger by about a 3:1 ratio.Water-use in<strong>for</strong>mation reported by Broad <strong>and</strong> Collinsindicates a 1990 annual use of about 110 ft 3 /s in <strong>the</strong>entire basin (including <strong>the</strong> Pudding River).Yamhill RiverThe mapped <strong>and</strong> schematized Yamhill Riverstream network is shown on figure 23. The YamhillRiver is schematized as a one-branch network withfour tributary inflows. A discharge hydrograph fromobserved data at <strong>the</strong> USGS stream-gaging station on45

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