| Abstract: | For the flood of September 10, 1992, in Raven Fork, Swain County, North Carolina, a peak discharge of 460 cubic meters per second was computed by using the slope-area method. Accuracy of this determination depends on suitability of the selected reach and, in particular, selection of Manning‘s roughness coefficients, interpretation of the high-water marks, number and placement of cross sections, presence of large expansions or contractions, state-of-flow transitions, and magnitude of the change in water-surface elevation. Some of these factors can contribute to greater uncertainties for measurements in steep mountain streams than for measurements in streams with flatter gradients. |
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| Citation Author: | Eddins, W. Harold; Zembrzuski, Jr. , Thomas, J. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Factors affecting accuracy of slope-area discharge determination of the September 1992 flood in Raven Fork, Western North Carolina; 1994; Conference Paper; Proceedings - National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering; Eddins, W. Harold; Zembrzuski, Jr. , Thomas, J. |
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| Text: | Factors affecting accuracy of slope-area discharge determination of the September 1992 flood in Raven Fork, Western North Carolina; 1994; Conference Paper; Proceedings - National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering; Eddins, W. Harold; Zembrzuski, Jr. , Thomas, J. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
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