Guidance for Design Hydrology for Stream Restoration and Channel Stability (2017)

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68 Units of Measure °C degree(s) Celsius cfs cubic feet per second cms, m3/s cubic meter(s) per second ft foot or feet ft/ft feet per foot ft/s feet per second ft2 square feet H:V horizontal:vertical in. inch(es) kg/m3 kilogram(s) per cubic meter kg/s kilogram(s) per second km2 square kilometer(s) m meter(s) m/m meter(s) per meter m/s meter(s) per second m/s2 meter(s) per second squared m2 square meter(s) m2/s square meter(s) per second m3/s/m cubic meter(s) per second per meter mm millimeter(s) ppm parts per million W/m2 Watt(s) per square meter Statistical Terms a best-fit regression parameter b best-fit regression parameter; sediment rating curve parameter p-value probability t Mann-Kendall test statistic Acronyms and Initialisms CEM Channel Evolution Model CN curve number CSR capacity-supply ratio CSR Tool CSR Stable Channel Design Tool Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Symbols

Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Symbols 69 DOT Department of Transportation eRAMS Environmental Resource Assessment & Management System FDC flow duration curve GHCND Global Historical Climatology Network – Daily HEC-20 Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 20 HEC-RAS Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service O on the order of PDF probability density function R-B Richards-Baker Flashiness Index RGA rapid geomorphic assessment SRP stream response potential SWAT-DEG Soil and Water Assessment Tool – channel DEGradation SWMM Storm Water Management Model USGS U.S. Geological Survey Symbols D16, D75, D84, D90 particle size for which 16%, 75%, 84%, and 90% of all sediments is smaller [m], respectively D50 median grain diameter of the bed material [m] Dg geometric mean grain diameter [m] Fs approximate fraction of sand in bed sediments g gravitational acceleration [m/s2] G specific gravity of sediment (2.65 is typically assumed) i day kd erodibility factor n Manning’s roughness coefficient n total number of days in the flow record n total number of data points q daily-averaged discharge [m2/s] Q median annual peak flow (Q2) [m 3/s] Q water discharge rate [m3/s] Q1.5, Q2 1.5-year and 2-year, return interval discharges [m 3/s], respectively Qeff effective discharge [m 3/s] Qs sediment discharge rate [kg/s] Qs50, Qs75, Qs90 discharge associated with 50%, 75%, and 90% of cumulative sediment transport over the sorted flow record [m3/s], respectively RB Richards-Baker Flashiness Index S channel slope [m/m] Sv valley slope [m/m] w channel top width at bankfull [m] w/h width/depth ratio r density of the fluid mixture [kg/m3] sg geometric standard deviation of particles sizes t* dimensionless shear stress w specific stream power [W/m2] (w = rgQS/w) w* dimensionless specific stream power

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