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HYDROLOGIC SIMULATION PROGRAM - FORTRAN: DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND APPLICATIONS
Citation:
Barnwell, Jr., T. AND J. Kittle. HYDROLOGIC SIMULATION PROGRAM - FORTRAN: DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND APPLICATIONS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-84/058 (NTIS PB84168418), 1984.
Description:
Nonpoint sources are significant contributors of pollutants to receiving waters and quantification of their impact is a difficult task. Evaluation of these pollutants requires a tool capable of simulating the hydrologic cycle in a river basin. The Hydrologic Simulation Program--FORTRAN (HSPF) is designed to meet this need. This paper examines the development of HSPF from two perspectives--the research involved in developing its simulation algorithms and the software concepts used in implementing these algorithms. Two applications in urban hydrology and water quality assessment are discussed.