Assessment of flood hazard in a combined sewer system in Reykjavik city centre

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1471-1477

  Hlodversdottir, Asta Osk ^a   Bjornsson, Brynjolfur ^b   Andradottir, Hrund Olof ^a   Eliasson, Jonas ^a   Crochet, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b MANNVIT ENGINEERING   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Combined sewer; Flooding; Hazard; Modelling; Precipitation; Rainfall extremes; Urban drainage

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMBINED SEWERS; FLOODS; HAZARDS; MODELS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SEWERS; STORMS;

ANNUAL MAXIMUM RAINFALLS; COMBINED SEWER SYSTEMS; MINIMUM DIAMETERS; NETWORK VULNERABILITY; RAINFALL EXTREMES; RAINFALL SEQUENCES; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; URBAN DRAINAGE;

RAIN;

RAIN; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; SEWAGE;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOW PATTERN; RUNOFF; SEWER NETWORK; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; FUTUROLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE; MANHOLE; PRECIPITATION; SANITATION; SEWER; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBANIZATION; VOLUME; WATER FLOW; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; HUMAN; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ICELAND; REYKJAVIK;

CHICAGO; CITIES; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; FLOODS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929601080     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.119     Document Type: Article

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