Flood Simulation in South Carolina Watersheds Using Different Precipitation Inputs

Table 3

Precipitation data source used for the flood simulation in the Waccamaw watershed.

Time periods	Subbasin	ST	RD	ST-PRISM
				Candidate station(s)	Areal daily total
Calibration (Feb 03–15, 2016)	1	CPC	GRIB	CPC, SUT, and EYF	PRISM
	2	CRE		CPC, CRE, and HYW
Testing 1 (Oct 2–11, 2015)	1	CPC	GRIB	CPC, SUT, and EYF	PRISM
	2	CRE		CPC, CRE, and HYW
Testing 2 (Sep 14–25, 1999)	1	CRE	Not available	CRE	PRISM
	2	CRE		CRE

CPC: Columbus County Municipal Airport; CRE: North Myrtle Beach; EYF: Elizabeth Town/Curtis Brown Field; HYW: Conway; SUT: Southport/Brunswick; GRIB: the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) 4 km gridded radar-estimated precipitation; PRISM: Parameter-elevation Relationships on Independent Slopes Model precipitation data.