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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-370-167-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-370-167-2015
11 Jun 2015
 | 11 Jun 2015

Determination of Curve Number for snowmelt-runoff floods in a small catchment

L. Hejduk, A. Hejduk, and K. Banasik

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This paper presents an attempt for application of the CN method for snowmelt runoff events based on measured snow water content, rainfall and runoff in a small lowland catchment. The CN calculated from measured snowmelt-runoff events show a large variation from 64 to 94.8 with the average value calculated as 79.3. The comparison of CN and MP suggests decreasing the relation in a similar way to decreasing the CN and rainfall relation already investigated in this catchment.