Reservoir Safety - Long Return Period Rainfall. Final report
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(Unpublished)
Abstract/Summary
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.
| Item Type: | Publication - Report |
|---|---|
| Programmes: | 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 |
| Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.: | Draft final report to Defra, project WS194/2/39 (Reservoir Safety - Long Return Period Rainfall). |
| Additional Keywords: | Reservoir safety, extreme rainfall, Flood Estimation Handbook, rainfall frequency estimation, depth-duration-frequency model, spatial dependence, standardisation, annual maxima, FORGEX, PMP |
| NORA Subject Terms: | Meteorology and Climatology Hydrology |
| Date made live: | 08 Apr 2010 10:45 +0 (UTC) |
| URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8807 |
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