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Adjustment Carlos Rprt.
Adjustment Carlos Rprt.
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STREAMFLOW DATA
streamflow data should be carefully
reviewed and adjusted for errors
resulting from instrumental and
observational deficiencies until they are
as accurate a presentation of the flow as
it is possible to make.
double-mass curve
• used to adjust inconsistent precipitation data.
• The double-mass curve method implies a
relationship of the form q=kP
• The theory of the double-mass curve is based on
the fact that a graph of the cumulation of one
quantity against the cumulation of an other
quantity during the same period will plot as a
straight line so long as the data are proportional
A more effective procedure is to develop a
relationship between precipitation and runoff
and make a double-mass curve of observed
streamflow versus runoff as estimated from
this relation.
Storage reservoirs, diversions, levees, etc., cause
changes in either total flow volume or rate of
flow or both.