Simulation of rainfall-runoff response in mined and unmined watersheds in coal areas of West Virginia

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6912514

Puente, C; Atkins, J T

The objectives of the study were to calibrate and verify the U.S. Geological Survey's Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System for simulating streamflow under various climatic and land-use conditions, and apply the model under various hypothetical mining conditions to predict possible hydrologic consequences for streamflow. This is the first step in providing to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management a technique for describing the hydrology of ungaged areas and a means for predicting the effects of coal mining on the hydrologic system of basins in the coal areas of West Virginia.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Reston, VA (USA). Water Resources Div.
• OSTI ID: 6912514
• Report Number(s): PB-90-181876/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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