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<strong>Drainage</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> for Maricopa County<br />

<strong>Hydrology</strong>: Unit Hydrograph Procedures<br />

Figure 5.2<br />

DEFINITION SKETCH OF CLARK UNIT HYDROGRAPH PARAMETERS<br />

FROM HYDROGRAPH ANALYSIS<br />

The application <strong>of</strong> the Clark Unit Hydrograph method is best described with a simple example. A<br />

watershed is shown in Figure 5.3(a), and a rainfall hyetograph and rainfall excess distribution<br />

area shown in Figure 5.3(b). For the example watershed and given intensity <strong>of</strong> rainfall excess,<br />

the time <strong>of</strong> concentration is estimated at 25 minutes. An isochrone interval <strong>of</strong> 5 minutes is<br />

selected and the watershed is divided into five zones by isochrones as shown in Figure 5.3(a).<br />

The areas within each isochrone zone are measured and the dimensionless time-area relation is<br />

developed as shown in the table and depicted in Figure 5.3(c). The translation hydrograph <strong>of</strong> the<br />

time rate <strong>of</strong> run<strong>of</strong>f is developed by considering each incremental unit <strong>of</strong> run<strong>of</strong>f production that<br />

would be available as inflow to a watershed routing model. The run<strong>of</strong>f that is available at the outlet<br />

<strong>of</strong> the watershed is the product <strong>of</strong> incremental area and rainfall excess.<br />

5-6 August 15, 2013

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