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The  SCS-CN method was initially developed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and is one of the most enduring methods for estimating direct runoff volume in ungauged catchments. In this model, the curve number (CN) is a key variable which is usually obtained by the look-up table of TR-55. Due to the limitations of TR-55 in characterizing complex urban environments and in classifying land use\/cover types, the SCS-CN model cannot provide more detailed runoff information. Thus, this paper develops a method to calculate CN by using remote sensing variables, including vegetation, impervious surface, and soil (V-I-S). The specific objectives of this paper are: (1) To extract the V-I-S fraction images using Linear Spectral Mixture Analysis; (2) To obtain composite CN by incorporating vegetation types, soil types, and V-I-S fraction images; and (3) To simulate direct runoff under the scenarios with precipitation of 57mm (occurred once every five years by average) and 81mm (occurred once every ten years). Our experiment shows that the proposed method is easy to use and can derive composite CN effectively.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs5031425","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,3,18]],"date-time":"2013-03-18T13:58:38Z","timestamp":1363615118000},"page":"1425-1438","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":96,"title":["Estimating Composite Curve Number Using an Improved  SCS-CN Method with Remotely Sensed Variables in Guangzhou, China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6190-9072","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fenglei","family":"Fan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China"}]},{"given":"Yingbin","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China"}]},{"given":"Xuefei","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2498-0934","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qihao","family":"Weng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Urban and Environmental Change, Department of Earth & Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,3,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Singh, V.P. 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