A spatial-temporal rainfall generator for urban drainage design

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 240-249

  McRobie, Fiona H ^a   Wang, Li Pen ^a   Onof, Christian ^a   Kenney, Stephen ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian; Radar rainfall; Rainfall cell; Spatial temporal; Stochastic; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIANS; RADAR RAINFALL; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; STOCHASTIC; URBAN HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR; RUNOFF; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STORMS;

RAIN;

RAIN;

BASEMENT (BUILDING); CATCHMENT; DESIGN; FLOODING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RADAR IMAGERY; RETURN PERIOD; SEWER NETWORK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STORM; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN DRAINAGE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CELL SIZE; CELL TRACKING; GENERATOR; PRECIPITATION; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL GENERATOR; SANITATION; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84881154808     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.241     Document Type: Article

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