Storage routing is based on mass conservation and the assumption of monotonic relationships between storage and discharge in a link.
This is a simplification of the full momentum equation and assumes that diffusion and dynamic effects are negligible. The method uses index flow in flux, storage and mass balance equations. A weighting factor is used to adjust the bias between inflow and outflow rate, hence allowing for attenuation of flow. The storage routing equation is shown below and some of its terms are represented diagrammatically in Figure 1:
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