Evaluation of AMC-Dependent SCS-CN-Based Models Using Watershed Characteristics

This paper presents a quantitative evaluation of the existing Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) model, its variants, and the modified Mishra and Singh (MS) models for their suitability to particular land use, soil type and combination thereof using a large set of rainfall-runoff data from small to large watersheds of the U.S.A. The analysis reveals that the existing SCS-CN model is more suitable for high runoff producing agricultural watersheds than to watersheds showing pasture/range land use and sandy soils. On the other hand, the two different versions of the Mishra-Singh model are more suitable for both high and low runoff producing watersheds, but with mixed land use.

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