Chapter 6
Examples in Radar Rainfall Data, Analyses, and Applications
Publication: Radar Rainfall Data Estimation and Use (MOP 139)
Abstract
This chapter presents some examples of radar rainfall data analyses and applications, exploring how the South Florida management district carries out radar rainfall data estimation. The chapter provides all the steps involved in generating near-real-time data. It discusses radar rainfall data analyses included for rainfall frequency analysis and depth area reduction factors and applications included in near-real-time flood warning system, sewer system modeling, groundwater recharge modeling, and rain gauge network design. Rainfall frequency analyses are often used to generate “design storms” for flood risk assessment. Urban drainage system design and real-time forecasting for multiscale urban drainage systems is complex. The chapter describes a distributed hydrologic model that quantifies hydrologic prediction uncertainty in urban-scale catchments and was used for a groundwater recharge estimate by estimating components of the hydrologic water balance.
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Radar Rainfall Data Estimation and Use (MOP 139)
Pages: 63 - 71
Editors: Chandra S. Pathak, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, and Ramesh S. V. Teegavarapu, P.E.
ISBN (Print): 978-0-7844-1511-5
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8176-9
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Published online: Dec 4, 2018
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