Sara4r: an R graphical user interface (GUI) to estimate watershed surface runoff applying the NRCS – curve number method

Abstract This paper introduces a graphical user interface (GUI) for the R software that allows the rainfall-runoff relationship to be calculated, using the curve number method. This GUI is a raster-tool whose outputs are runoff estimates calculated using land use/land cover and hydrologic soil group...

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Published in:Journal of hydroinformatics 2021-01, Vol.23 (1), p.76-87
Main Authors: Hernández-Guzmán, Rafael, Ruiz-Luna, Arturo, Mendoza, Eduardo
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Antecedent moisture
Freeware
Geographical information systems
Graphical user interface
Handbooks
Hydrology
Land cover
Land use
Mathematical analysis
Modular design
Moisture effects
Parameter modification
Rainfall-runoff relationships
Runoff
Software
Spatial analysis
Surface runoff
User interface
Watershed management
Watersheds
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subjects Antecedent moisture
Freeware
Geographical information systems
Graphical user interface
Handbooks
Hydrology
Land cover
Land use
Mathematical analysis
Modular design
Moisture effects
Parameter modification
Rainfall-runoff relationships
Runoff
Software
Spatial analysis
Surface runoff
User interface
Watershed management
Watersheds
title Sara4r: an R graphical user interface (GUI) to estimate watershed surface runoff applying the NRCS – curve number method
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