"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
2004Publisher
IRM
KMI
RMI
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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
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Not pertinent
Language
eng