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    "Establishment of IDF-curves for precipitation in the tropical area of Central Africa - comparison of techniques and results"

    Authors
    Mohymont, B.
    Demarée, G.
    Faka, D.N.
    Discipline
    Earth and related Environmental sciences
    Subject
    Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF)
    precipitation
    IDF-curves
    rainfall
    Central Africa
    methodology
    Koutsoyiannis
    Kinshasa
    Audience
    General Public
    Scientific
    Date
    2004
    Publisher
    IRM
    KMI
    RMI
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    Description
    The establishment of Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves for precipitation remains a powerful tool in the risk analysis of natural hazards. Indeed the IDF-curves allow for the estimation of the return period of an observed rainfall event or conversely of the rainfall amount corresponding to a given return period for different aggregation times. There is a high need for IDF-curves in the tropical region of Central Africa but unfortunately the adequate long-term data sets are frequently not available. The present paper assesses IDF-curves for precipitation for three stations in Central Africa. More physically based models for the IDF-curves are proposed. The methodology used here has been advanced by Koutsoyiannis et al. (1998) and an inter-station and intertechnique comparison is being carried out.The IDF-curves for tropical Central Africa are an interesting tool to be used in sewer system design to combat the frequently occurring inundations in semi-urbanized and urbanized areas of the Kinshasa megapolis.
    Citation
    Mohymont, B.; Demarée, G.; Faka, D.N. (2004). "Establishment of IDF-curves for precipitation in the tropical area of Central Africa - comparison of techniques and results". , Issue Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 4, pp. 375-387, IRM,
    Identifiers
    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/9518
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Not pertinent
    Language
    eng
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