APPENDIX: Origin of the term Muskingum-Cunge ππ
The term "Muskingum" springs from the Muskingum River in eastern Ohio π️. It echoes a Delaware-language Native American word, thought to mean "Eye of the Elk" π️π¦. This term entered hydrologic vernacular thanks to G. T. McCarthy, who coined "Muskingum method" in 1938 in an unpublished manuscript, later cited by Chow in 1959 π. McCarthy applied his innovative flood routing method to the Muskingum River, thus inspiring the name.
Jean A. Cunge π΅π±π«π·
The "Cunge" part of the name honors Jean A. Cunge, a Polish-French engineer. In 1969, Cunge published pivotal equations integral to the Muskingum-Cunge method ππ. The fusion of these two names, Muskingum-Cunge, first appeared in 1975 in the Flood Studies Report by the Natural Environment Research Council in London π¬π§π. Fast forward to 1990, and the Muskingum-Cunge method became a staple in U.S. hydrologic engineering, incorporated into the HEC-1 model by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers πΊπΈπ§. Evolving further, in 1998, HEC-1 evolved with a graphical user interface (GUI), transforming into the HEC-HMS model π»π.
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