Regional frequency analysis of extreme precipitation in the eastern Italian Alps and the August 29, 2003 flash flood

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 345, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 149-166

  Norbiato, Daniele ^a   Borga, Marco ^a   Sangati, Marco ^a   Zanon, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extreme precipitation events; Flash flood; L moments; Precipitation return time; Radar rainfall estimation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RADAR; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; FLASH FLOOD; PRECIPITATION RETURN TIME; RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATION; RAINGAUGE NETWORK;

FLOOD CONTROL;

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; RADAR; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

FLASH FLOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR ALTIMETRY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 35248822718     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Bechini R., Gorgucci E., Scarchilli G., and Dietrich S. The operational weather radar of Fossalon di Grado (Gorizia, Italy): accuracy of reflectivity and differential reflectivity measurements. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 79 (2002) 275-284
2. Benson M.A. Evaluation methods for evaluating the occurrence of floods, U.S. geological survey. Water Supply Paper 1543-A (1962) 279-300
3. Berenguer, M., Lee, G.W., Sempere-Torres, D., Zawadzki, I. 2002. A variational method for attenuation correction of radar signal. In: Proceedings of the ERAD, 2002.
4. Borga M. Accuracy of radar rainfall estimates for streamflow simulation. Journal of Hydrology 267 (2002) 26-39
5. Borga M., and Vizzaccaro A. On the interpolation of hydrologic variables: formal equivalence of multiquadratic surface fitting and kriging. Journal of Hydrology 195 (1997) 160-171
6. Borga M., Anagnostou E.N., and Frank E. On the use of real-time radar rainfall estimates for flood prediction in mountainous basins. Journal of Geophysical Research 105 D2 (2000) 2269-2280
7. Borga M., Dalla Fontana G., and Cazorzi F. Analysis of topographic and climatic control on rainfall-triggered shallow landsliding using a quasi-dynamic wetness index. Journal of Hydrology 268 1-4 (2002) 56-71
8. Borga, M., Boscolo, P., Zanon, F., Sangati, M. 2007. Hydrometeorological analysis of the August 29, 2003 flash flood in the eastern Italian Alps. Journal of Hydrometeorology, in press.
9. Buishand T.A. Extreme rainfall estimation by combining data from several sites. Hydrological Sciences Journal 36 4 (1991) 345-365
10. Burn D.H. Evaluation of regional flood frequency analysis with a region of influence approach. Water Resources Research 26 10 (1990) 2257-2265
11. Ceschia M., Micheletti S., and Carniel R. Rainfall over Friuli Venezia Giulia: high amounts and strong geographical gradients. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 43 (1991) 175-180
12. Creutin J.D., and Borga M. Radar hydrology modifies the monitoring of flash flood hazard. Invited commentary. 10.10002/hyp.5122. Hydrological Processes 17 7 (2003) 1453-1456
13. Cunnane C. Methods and merits of regional flood frequency analysis. Journal of Hydrology 100 (1988) 269-290
14. Dalrymple, T. 1960. Flood frequency analysis. Water Supply Paper 1543-A, USGS, Reston, VA, USA.
15. Delrieu G., Andrieu H., and Creutin J.D. Quantification of path-integrated attenuation for X- and C-Band weather radar systems operating in Mediterranean heavy rainfall. Journal of Applied Meteorology 39 (2000) 840-850
16. Delrieu G., Ducrocq V., Gaume E., Nicol J., Payrastre O., Yates E., Kirstetter P.-E., Andrieu H., Ayral P.A., Bouvier C., Creutin J.D., Livet M., Anquetin A., Lang M., Neppel L., Obled C., Parent-du-Chatelet J., Saulnier G.M., Walpersdorf A., and Wobrock W. The catastrophic flash-flood event of 8-9 September 2002 in the Gard region, France: a first case study for the Cévennes-Vivarais Mediterranean Hydro-meteorological Observatory. Journal of Hydrometeorology 6 (2005) 34-52
17. Gaume E., Livet M., Desbordes M., and Villeneuve J.-P. Hydrological analysis of the river Aude, France, flash flood on 12 and 13 November 1999. Journal of Hydrology 286 1 (2004) 135-154
18. Greenwood J.A., Landwehr J.M., Matalas N.C., and Wallis J.R. Probability weighted moments: definition and relation to parameters of several distributions expressible in inverse form. Water Resources Research 15 5 (1979) 1049-1054
19. Greiss N.P., and Wood E.F. Regional flood frequency analysis and network design. Water Resources Research 17 4 (1981) 1167-1177
20. Hirschboeck K.K., Ely L.L., and Maddox R.A. Hydroclimatology of meteorologic floods. In: Wohl E.E. (Ed). Inland Flood Hazards (2000), Cambridge University Press 39-72
21. Hosking, J.R.M. 1986. The theory of probability weighted moments. Research Report RC 12210, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights.
22. Hosking J.R.M. L-moments: analysis and estimation of distributions using linear combinations of order statistics. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B 52 2 (1990) 105-124
23. Hosking J.R.M. The four parameter kappa distribution. IBM Journal of Research and Development 38 3 (1994)
24. Hosking J.R.M. Asymptotic distributions of the sample mean, autocovariances, and autocorrelations of long-memory time series. Journal of Econometrics 73 1 (1996) 261-284
25. Hosking J.R.M., Wallis J.R., and Wood E.F. An appraisal of regional flood frequency procedure in the UK flood studies report. Hydrological Sciences Journal 30 1 (1985) 85-109
26. Hosking J.R.M., and Wallis J.R. Regional Frequency Analysis (1997), Cambridge University Press p. 224
27. Institute of Hydrology 1999. Flood Estimation Handbook. vol. 3. Natural Environment Research Council, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK, ISBN 0 948540 94 X .
28. Konrad C.E. The most extreme precipitation events over the Eastern United States from 1950 to 1996: considerations of scale. Journal of Hydrometeorology 2 (2001) 309-325
29. Koutsoyiannis D. Statistics of extremes and estimation of extreme rainfall, 1, Theoretical investigation. Hydrological Sciences Journal 49 4 (2004) 575-590
30. Lettenmaier D.P., Wallis J.R., and Wood E.F. Effect of regional heterogeneity on flood frequency estimation. Water Resources Research 23 2 (1987) 313-323
31. Matalas N.C., and Gilroy E.J. Some comments on regionalization in hydrologic studies. Water Resources Research 4 (1968) 1361-1369
32. Miller R.J. The Jacknife - a review. Biometrika 61 (1974) 1-15
33. National Environment Research Council (NERC) 1975. UK Flood Studies Report, vol. 1. Hydrological Studies, London.
34. Ogden F.L., Sharif H.O., Senarath S.U.S., Smith J.A., Baeck M.L., and Richardson J.R. Hydrologic analysis of the Fort Collins, Colorado flash flood of 1997. Journal of Hydrology 228 (2000) 82-100
35. Pellarin T., Delrieu G., Saulnier G.M., Andrieu H., Vignal B., and Creutin J.D. Hydrologic visibility of weather radar systems operating in mountainous regions: Case study for the Ardèche catchment (France). Journal of Hydrometeorology 3 (2002) 539-555
36. Querini R. Il nubifragio delle prealpi carniche orientali (11 settembre 1983) ed i conseguenti dissesti idrogeologici. Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali Volume XXXIII (1984) 3-52
37. Ramos M.H., Creutin J.D., and Leblois E. Visualization of storm severity. Journal of Hydrology 315 (2005) 295-307
38. Reed, D.W., Jakob, D., Robson, A.J., Faulkner, D.S., Stewart, E.J. 1999. Regional frequency analysis: A new vocabulary. Publ. No. 255, Hydrological extremes: Understanding, predicting, mitigating. In: Proceedings of IAHS Symposium, Birmingham, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Wallingford, UK, pp. 237-243.
39. Rossi F., Fiorentino M., and Versace P. Two-component extreme value distribution for flood frequency analysis. Water Resources Research 20 2 (1984) 847-856
40. Schaefer M.G. Regional analyses of precipitation annual maxima in Washington state. Water Resources Research 26 1 (1990) 119-131
41. Stedinger J.R., Vogel R.M., and Foufoula-Georgiou E. Frequency analysis of extreme events. In: Maidment D.A. (Ed). Handbook of Applied Hydrology (1993), McGraw-Hill, New York Chapter 18
42. Stedinger J.R., and Lu L.H. Appraisal of regional and index flood quantile estimators. Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics 9 1 (1995) 49-75
43. Sveinsson O.G.B., Boes D.C., and Salas J.D. Population index flood method for regional frequency analysis. Water Resources Research 37 (2001) 2733-2748
44. Tropeano, D., Turconi, L., Sanna, S. 2004. Debris flows triggered by the August 29, 2003 cloudburst in Val Canale, Eastern Italian Alps. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium INTERPRAEVENT 2004, Riva del Garda (Italy), 24-27 May 2004.
45. Vicens G.J., Rodriguez-Iturbe I., and Shaake Jr. J.C. A Bayesian framework for the use of regional information in hydrology. Water Resources Research 11 3 (1975) 405-414
46. Villi, V., Caleffa, G., Gatto, G., Mori, G. 1986. Distribuzione spazio temporale delle piogge intense nel Triveneto- cartografia. Quaderno di Ricerca no. 7. C.N.R and Regione Veneto (in italian).
47. Wallis J.R., Schaefer M.G., Barker B.L., and Taylor G.H. Regional precipitation-frequency analysis and spatial mapping for 24-hour and 2-hour durations for Washington State. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11 1 (2007) 415-442