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Design Storms
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EV type I distribution
If M1, M2, Mn be a set of daily rainfall or
streamflow, and let X = max(Mi) be the
maximum for the year. If Mi are independent and
identically distributed, then for large n, X has an
extreme value type I or Gumbel distribution.
1 x u x u
f ( x) exp exp
6sx
u x 0.5772
k x
k 1
x
k
f ( x) exp x 0; , k 0
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Design point precipitation
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IDF curves by frequency
analysis
1. Get annual maximum series of
precipitation depth for a given
duration
2. Use EV1/Gumbel distribution to find
precipitation depth for different return
periods
3. Repeat 1 and 2 process for different
durations
4. Plot depth versus duration for different
frequencies
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IDF curve
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Example 14.2.1
Determine i and P for a 20-min duration storm with 5-yr return period in Chicago
P = i x Td = 3.5 x 20/60 =
1.17 in
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TP 40
Hershfield (1961) developed isohyetal maps of
design rainfall and published in TP 40.
TP 40 U. S. Weather Bureau technical paper
no. 40. Also called precipitation frequency atlas
maps or precipitation atlas of the United States.
30mins to 24hr maps for T = 1 to 100
Web resources for TP 40 and rainfall frequency
maps
http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/agwa/rainfall_frequenc
y.html
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/hq/Tp40s.htm
http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/
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24-hour Design Rainfall
Totals
http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/hyd/ebd
lkup.xls
Rainfall Frequency Analysis
from TP-40
http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/hyd/the_rational_method.ht
m#i999837
Rainfall Frequency Analysis
in Texas
b 2642 2642
I I I
(t c d ) e (tc 8.8) 0.805 (1440 8.8) 0.805
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Design precipitation for
Austin
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IDF curves for Austin
a i design rainfall intensity
i t Duration of storm
t b c
a, b, c coefficients
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2-yr
5-yr
12 10-yr
25-yr
Intensity (in/hr)
10 50-yr
100-yr
8 500-yr
0
1 10 100 1000
Duration (min)
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SCS type curves for Texas
(II&III)
SCS 24-Hour Rainfall Distributions SCS 24-Hour Rainfall Distributions
T (hrs) Fraction of 24-hr rainfall T (hrs) Fraction of 24-hr rainfall
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Example SCS Method
Find - rainfall hyetograph for a 25-year, 24-hour
duration SCS Type-III storm in Harris County using a
one-hour time increment
a = 81, b = 7.7, c = 0.724 (from Tx-DOT hydraulic
manual)
i
a
81
0.417 in / hr P i * Td 0.417 in / hr * 24 hr 10.01in
t b c 24 * 60 7.7 0.724
Find
Cumulative fraction - interpolate SCS table
Cumulative rainfall = product of cumulative fraction * total
24-hour rainfall (10.01 in)
Incremental rainfall = difference between current and
preceding cumulative rainfall
TxDOT hydraulic manual is available at:
http://manuals.dot.state.tx.us/docs/colbridg/forms/hyd.pdf
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SCS Example (Cont.)
3.00
2.50
2.00
Precipitation (in)
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Time (hours)
ta tb
precipitation duration
ta ta: time before the peak
r
Td
r: storm advancement coefficient = ta/Td
h
1
tbP: recession time = Td ta = (1-r)Td
Td h
2
2P
h
Td Time Td
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Triangular hyetograph -
example
Find - rainfall hyetograph for a 25-year, 6-hour duration in
Harris County. Use storm advancement coefficient of 0.5.
a = 81, b = 7.7, c = 0.724 (from Tx-DOT hydraulic manual)
a 81
i 1.12 in / hr P i * 6 1.12 in / hr * 6 hr 6.72 in
t b 6 * 60 7.7 0.724
c
t a rTd 0.5 6 3 hr
tb Td t a 6 3 3 hr 2.24
24 6 hr Time
Alternating block method
Given Td and T/frequency, develop a hyetograph
in t increments
1. Using T, find i for t, 2t, 3t,nt using the IDF
curve for the specified location
2. Using i compute P for t, 2t, 3t,nt. This gives
cumulative P.
3. Compute incremental precipitation from cumulative P.
4. Pick the highest incremental precipitation (maximum
block) and place it in the middle of the hyetograph.
Pick the second highest block and place it to the right
of the maximum block, pick the third highest block
and place it to the left of the maximum block, pick
the fourth highest block and place it to the right of
the maximum block (after second block), and so on
until the last block.
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Example: Alternating Block
Method
Find: Design precipitation hyetograph for a 2-
hour storm (in 10 minute increments) in Denver
with a 10-year return period 10-minute
0.8
0.7
0.6
Precipitation (in)
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90- 100- 110-
100 110 120
Time (min)
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Design aerial precipitation
Point precipitation estimates are
extended to develop an average
precipitation depth over an area
Depth-area-duration analysis
Prepare isohyetal maps from point
precipitation for different durations
Determine area contained within each
isohyet
Plot average precipitation depth vs. area
for each duration
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Depth-area curve
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri99-4267/pdf/wri99-4267.pdf
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri99-4267/pdf/wri99-4267.pdf
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri99-4267/pdf/wri99-4267.pdf
Depth (intensity)-duration-
frequency
DDF/IDF graph of depth (intensity) versus
duration for different frequencies
TP 40 or HYDRO 35 gives spatial distribution of
rainfall depths for a given duration and frequency
DDF/IDF curve gives depths for different
durations and frequencies at a particular location
TP 40 or HYDRO 35 can be used to develop
DDF/IDF curves
Depth (P) = intensity (i) x duration (T d)
P iTd
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Probable Maximum
Precipitation
Probable maximum precipitation
Greatest depth of precipitation for a given
duration that is physically possible and
reasonably characteristic over a particular
geographic region at a certain time of year
Not completely reliable; probability of
occurrence is unknown
Variety of methods to estimate PMP
1. Application of storm models
2. Maximization of actual storms
3. Generalized PMP charts
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Probable Maximum Storm
Probable maximum storm
Temporal distribution of rainfall
Given as maximum accumulated depths
for a specified duration
Information on spatial and temporal
distribution of PMP is required to
develop probable maximum storm
hyetograph
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Probable Maximum Flood
PMF greatest flood to be expected
assuming complete coincidence of all
factors that would produce the heaviest
rainfall (PMP) and maximum runoff
Flood of unknown frequency
Most structures are not designed for PMF, but for
greatest floods that may be reasonably expected
for local conditions (meteorology, topography,
and hydrology)
The design flood is commonly called standard
project flood derived from standard project storm
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