Research Scientist Ram Ray’s peer reviewed article “Integrating Runoff Generation and Flow Routing in Susquehanna River Basin to Characterize Key Hydrologic Processes Contributing to Maximum Annual Flood Events,” was published in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. This article was one of the 15 most read articles in the journal in December 2016.
Ray and his colleagues used a coupled hydrologic-hydraulic model to estimate hourly streamflow for the period from 2000 to 2008 over the Susquehanna River Basin (71,250 km2) in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. They validated their coupled model using daily streamflow, snow water equivalent derived from satellite data, and snow depth from in situ measurements. Comparing synthetic model scenarios with and without snow processes suggests that if future climate conditions reduce winter snowfall due to warmer temperatures, but maintain total precipitation levels, annual runoff will increase and mean annual peak discharge will decrease.
Ali Fares, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Director, Cooperative Agricultural Research Center
alfares@pvamu.edu
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