Reservoir Safety - Long Return Period Rainfall. Final report

Stewart, E. J.; Jones, D. A.; Svensson, C.; Morris, D. G.; Dempsey, P.; Dent, J. E.; Collier, C. G.; Anderson, C. A.

Stewart, E. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-6645; Jones, D. A.; Svensson, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9294-5826; Morris, D. G.; Dempsey, P.; Dent, J. E.; Collier, C. G.; Anderson, C. A.. 2011 Reservoir Safety - Long Return Period Rainfall. Final report. Wallingford, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. (CEH Project Number: C02760) (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This report presents the results of a major project to develop a new statistical model of point rainfall depth-duration-frequency (DDF) for the UK, to replace the current Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) DDF model. The new model was constructed for estimating rainfall depths falling over durations ranging from 1 hour to 192 hours (8 days) for return periods ranging from 2 years to 10,000 years, but in many locations it is capable of producing indicative estimates for higher return periods, up to 100,000 years.

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Information

Programmes:

UNSPECIFIED

Official URL:

http://evidence.environment-agency.gov.uk/FCERM/Li...

Programmes (Superseded):

CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Water > WA01 Water extremes > WA01.1 New methodologies to quantify floods, flows and droughts
CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Water > WA Topic 3 - Science for Water Management > WA - 3.1 - Develop next generation methods for river flow frequency estimation and forecasting

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Boorman (to September 2014)

Funders/Sponsors:

DEFRA

NORA Subject Terms:

Meteorology and Climatology
Hydrology

Additional Keywords:

Reservoir safety, extreme rainfall, Flood Estimation Handbook, rainfall frequency estimation, depth-duration-frequency model, spatial dependence, standardisation, annual maxima, FORGEX, PMP

Additional Information:

Draft final report to Defra, project WS194/2/39 (Reservoir Safety - Long Return Period Rainfall).

Library

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8807

Item Type:

Publication - Report

Date made live:

08 Apr 2010 10:45