Abstract
Short duration design rainfall intensity data is a basic input to many water related projects, particularly in urban drainage design. The main problem in deriving short duration design rainfall data is the lack of continuous pluviograph rainfall data. The use of regionalisation techniques is common in design rainfall estimation, which pools data from a large region. This paper presents a regional rainfall estimation method in Australia involving Generalised Least Squares Regression (GLSR) and L moments methods. It has been found that the GLSR and L moments based regional approach is a practical means for estimating short duration design rainfalls and that this provides an efficient statistical framework for assessing uncertainties in design rainfall estimates.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 4th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments (ICWRAE4): 6-8 December 2010, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Publisher | Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water & Desert, King Saud University |
| Pages | 113-121 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments - Duration: 6 Dec 2010 → … |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments |
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| Period | 6/12/10 → … |