| Abstract |
This citation summarizes a one-page announcement of technology available for utilization. The computer program, DWOPER, routes unsteady flow using the dynamic wave method in a river system consisting of either a single channel, dendritic (three-type) configuration, or bifurcating due to islands, bypasses, estuarial networks. DWOPER is capable of accurately simulating unsteady subcritical flows in river systems where storage routing methods are inadequate due to the effects of backwater, tides, and mild channel bottom slopes. The model is based on the complete one-dimensional St. Venant equations and belongs to the category of dynamic wave flood routing models. The program was written in FORTRAN IV for use on IBM 360/195, but has been used on a wide variety of similar size computers with little or no modifications. ...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: DWOPER is available on 9 track, 1600 bpi, magnetic tape with written documentation. Contact: Robert A. Clark; National Weather Service Office of Hydrology, NOAA, W/OH; 504 Gramax Building; Silver Spring, Md. 20910; (301)-427-7658. |
