Uncertainty evaluation of design rainfall for urban flood risk analysis

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2641-2650

  Fontanazza, C M ^a   Freni, G ^a,b   La Loggia, G ^a   Notaro, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copula functions; Design rainfall; Multivariate analysis; Synthetic rainfall; Urban flood risk

Indexed keywords

COPULA FUNCTIONS; DATA SETS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY CURVES; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PEAK INTENSITY; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL FREQUENCY; RAINFALL SERIES; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; SYNTHETIC RAINFALL; TOTAL DEPTHS; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION; URBAN FLOODS;

FLOODS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

RAIN;

DATA SET; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PROCESS MODEL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAIN; SANITARY ENGINEERING;

EID: 79959286651     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.169     Document Type: Article

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