Kiefer & Chu ("Chicago Storm") information

[RStanford]

Can anybody send me (fax, pdf, hardcopy) a copy of the paper by Kiefer & Chu that appeared in Vol. 83, No. 4 of ASCE's Journal of the Hydraulics Division, titled: "Synthetic storm pattern for drainage design"? I think it's the Bermuda Triangle of journal articles. I've checked all the university libraries in my area, and they either: 1) have all volumes except 1957, or 2) start their holdings at 1958!

Also, does anybody have a good algorithm to calculate the A, B, and C constants for a given IDF curve? I've programmed a Marquart-Levenberg routine, but it doesn't work as efficiently as I'd like.

Thanks,
Rick

 

[RWF7437]

The program, SMADA, written by Wanielista and others has a built in utility routine for calculating IDF and many other types of curves.


The SMADA programs were written to accompany the textbook
Hydrology: Water Quantity and Quality Control 2nd Edition by
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