Regional flood frequency analysis

Ataur Rahman; Khaled Haddad; Saeid Eslamian

doi:10.1201/b16683

Regional flood frequency analysis

Ataur Rahman
, Khaled Haddad
, Saeid Eslamian

School of Engineering, Design & Built Environment

Western Sydney University
Isfahan University of Technology

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Abstract

Regional flood frequency analysis (RFFA) is widely used to estimate design floods at ungauged or poorly gauged catchments. The success of any RFFA depends on the quantity and quality of gauged streamflow data availability to form homogeneous regions. An RFFA technique is intended for quick design flood estimation where the resolution of a complete streamflow hydrograph is not justified due to time and budgetary constraints. An RFFA method consists of three principal steps (as shown in Figure 22.1): (1) data preparation, selection of a set of gauged catchments, streamflow, climatic and catchment characteristics data preparation, and at-site quantile estimation; (2) formation of regions and formation of homogeneous regions from the available streamflow gauging stations; and (3) development of regional estimation models, and derivation of prediction equations to estimate flood statistics and quantiles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Engineering Hydrology
Subtitle of host publication	Modeling, Climate Change, and Variability
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	451-469
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9781466552470
ISBN (Print)	9781466552463
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/b16683
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

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