A new probability density function for spatial distribution of soil water storage capacity leads to the SCS curve number method

Wang, Dingbao

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6567-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6567-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6567-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

Research article

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20 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2018

A new probability density function for spatial distribution of soil water storage capacity leads to the SCS curve number method

Dingbao Wang

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Final revised paper (published on 20 Dec 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 13 Feb 2018)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'interesting paper', Mohammadhossein Alipour, 25 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Mohammadhossein Alipour', Dingbao Wang, 08 Apr 2018
RC1: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Responses to Reviewer 1', Dingbao Wang, 08 Apr 2018
RC2: 'Comments on hess-2018-32', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Mar 2018
- AC3: 'Responses to Reviewer 2', Dingbao Wang, 08 Apr 2018

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (14 May 2018) by Zhongbo Yu

AR by Dingbao Wang on behalf of the Authors (28 May 2018)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Jun 2018) by Zhongbo Yu

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Jun 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (27 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (27 Jul 2018) by Zhongbo Yu

AR by Dingbao Wang on behalf of the Authors (29 Oct 2018)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Nov 2018) by Zhongbo Yu

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Nov 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (04 Dec 2018)

ED: Publish as is (09 Dec 2018) by Zhongbo Yu

AR by Dingbao Wang on behalf of the Authors (09 Dec 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

A novel distribution function is proposed for describing the spatial distribution of soil water storage capacity, and then the classical and empirical hydrologic model (the SCS curve number method) is derived as when the initial soil water storage is zero. This distribution function unifies the SCS curve number method and probability-distributed models such as the VIC and Xinanjiang models. The unified model provides a better way for modeling surface runoff.