Abstract
The results of flood routing trials on a small ARS experimental watershed using the Muskingum flood routing system showed that the routing coefficients K and X vary for each storm. By approximating the observed inflow hydrographs by a simple triangular shape, direct solution for the routing coefficients was possible. The proper values of K and X were determined as those values needed to match the peak and time to peak of the outflow hydrographs. K was found to be a function of the lag time between peaks of the inflow and outflow hydrographs. X was found to be a function of K , attenuation, and the shape of the inflow hydrograph. By close examination of the storms used for testing, it was found that K and X were related to the shape of the inflow hydrographs.
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