User's guide to SAC, a computer program for computing discharge by slope-area method
Open-File Report
94-360
By: Janice M. Fulford
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Abstract
This user's guide contains information on using the slope-area program, SAC. SAC can be used to compute peak flood discharges from measurements of high-water marks along a stream reach. The Slope-area method used by the program is the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) procedure presented in Techniques of Water Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, beok 3, chapter A2, "Measurement of Peak Discharge by the Slope-Area Method." The program uses input files that have formats compatible with those used by the water-surface profile program (WSPRO) described in the Federal Highways Administration publication FHWA-IP-89-027. The guide briefly describes the slope-area method documents the input requirements and the output produced, and demonstrates use of SAC.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | User's guide to SAC, a computer program for computing discharge by slope-area method |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 94-360 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr94360 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; USGS Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
| Description | vi, 31 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |
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