An analytical probabilistic approach to sizing flood control detention facilities

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2457-2468

  Guo, Yiping ^a,b   Adams, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; WATERSHEDS; CATCHMENTS; DESIGN; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RAIN; STORMS;

FLOOD CONTROL DETENTION FACILITIES; URBAN CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS; CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; PLANNING AND DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; URBAN CATCHMENT;

FLOOD CONTROL; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANALYTICAL MODEL; FLOOD CONTROL; URBAN AREA;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FLOOD CONTROL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032876020     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900125     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Adams, B. J., and C. D. D. Howard, Design storm pathology, Can. Water Resour. J., 11, 49-55, 1986.
2. Akan, A. O., Detention pond sizing for multiple return periods, J. Hydraul. Eng., 115, 650-664, 1989.
3. Akan, A. O., Single-outlet detention-pond analysis and design, J. Irrig. Drain. Eng., 116, 527-536, 1990.
4. Benjamin, J. R., and C. A. Cornell, Probability, Statistics and Decision for Civil Engineers, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1970.
5. Colombi, J. S., and M. J. Hall, A quick screening method for estimating the routing effect of a reservoir, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 2, Research and Theory, vol. 63, pp. 935-941, Inst. of Civ. Eng., London, 1977.
6. Guo, Y., and B. J. Adams, Hydrologic analysis of urban catchments with event-based probabilistic models, 1, Runoff volume, Water Resour. Res., 34, 3421-3431, 1998a.
7. Guo, Y., and B. J. Adams, Hydrologic analysis of urban catchments with event-based probabilistic models, 2, Peak discharge rate, Water Resour. Res., 34, 3433-3443, 1998b.
8. Hall, M. J., Urban Hydrology, Elsevier Sci., New York, 1984.
9. Horn, D. R., Graphic estimation of peak flow reduction in reservoirs, J. Hydraul. Eng., 113, 1441-1450, 1987.
10. Huber, W. C., and R. E. Dickinson, Stormwater Management Model, Version 4: User's Manual, Environ. Res. Lab., Off. of Res. and Dev., U.S. Environ. Prot. Agency, Athens, Ga., 1988.
11. Marsalek, J., Research on the design storm concept, Tech. Memo. 33, Urban Water Resour. Res. Program, Am. Soc. of Civ. Eng., New York, 1978.
12. Robinson, M., and W. James, Continuous variable resolution stormwater modelling on a microcomputer, Proceedings, Conference on Stormwater and Water Quality Management Modeling, edited by E. M. James and W. James, pp. 59-73, McMaster Univ. Publ., Burlington, Ont., Can., 1984.
13. Sarginson, E. J., Flood control in reservoirs and storage pounds, J. Hydrol., 19, 351-359, 1973.
14. Walesh, S. G., Urban Surface Water Management, John Wiley, New York, 1989.
15. Wenzel, H. G., Jr., Rainfall for urban stormwater design, in Urban Stormwater Hydrology, Water Resour. Monogr., vol. 7, edited by D. F. Kibler, AGU, Washington, D. C., 1982.
16. Wenzel, H. G., Jr., and M. L. Voorhees, Evaluation of the design storm concept, Eos Trans. AGU, 59, 1070, 1978.
17. Wenzel, H. G., Jr., and M. L. Voorhees, Sensitivity of design storm frequency, Eos Trans. AGU, 60, 251, 1979.
18. West, M. J. H., Flood control in reservoirs and storage pounds: A discussion, J. Hydrol., 23, 67-71, 1974.
19. Wycoff, R. L., and U. P. Singh, Preliminary hydrologic design of small flood detention reservoirs, Water Resour. Bull., 12, 337-349, 1976.