Estimates of recharge from runoff at the Hanford Site, Washington

Abstract

Introduction Purpose and scope Description of the study area Approach 4 Climatic and hydrologic data 4 Climatic data Hydrologic data Conceptual model of runoff and recharge from runoff Runoff generation Recharge from runoff Recharge from spring discharge Numerical models of runoff and recharge from runoff The Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN (HSPF) Simulation of frozen soils Model construction Land segments Reaches Basin geometry Estimation and calibration of parameter values Land-segment parameters 24 Snow accumulation and melt parameters Evapotranspiration parameters Runoff-timing parameters Infiltration parameters Reach parameters Synthesis of long-term climate data 32 Estimates of runoff and recharge from runoff 32 Comparison to other recharge estimates References cited Appendices 1. Final HSPF input file for Upper Cold Creek model 40 2. Final HSPF input file for Lower Cold Creek model 52 3. Final HSPF input file for combined Cold Creek model 4. Final HSPF input file for Upper Dry Creek model 5. Final HSPF input file for Middle Dry Creek model 114 6. Final HSPF input file for Lower Dry Creek model 134 7. Final HSPF input file for combined Dry Creek model