A geomorphologic non-linear cascade (GNC) model for estimation of floods from small alpine watersheds Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A geomorphologic non-linear cascade (GNC) model was developed for simulation of extreme floods from small alpine catchments. The GNC model couples the classical cascade of storage reservoirs and the geomorphologic representation of the catchment based on the Horton-Strahler ordering scheme. The model was applied to a number of floods events from two small alpine catchments in Switzerland, and the agreement between simulated and observed flood events was good. The physical meaning of the model parameters to be calibrated remains unclear, however, and more work is needed in this regard. 1995.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Hydrology

author list (cited authors)

  • Brod, D. D., Singh, V. P., Devred, D., & Musy, A.

citation count

  • 9

complete list of authors

  • Bérod, Dominique D||Singh, Vijay P||Devred, Daniel||Musy, André

publication date

  • March 1995