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Reservoir Safety - Long Return Period Rainfall. Final report

Stewart, E. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-6645; Jones, D. A.; Svensson, C.; 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 (CEH Project Number: C02760) (Unpublished)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/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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