"Establishment of IDF-curves for precipitation in the tropical area of Central Africa - comparison of techniques and results"
| dc.contributor.author | Mohymont, B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Demarée, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faka, D.N. | |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 21st century | |
| dc.date | 2004 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-07T16:16:46Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-09T09:57:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-07T16:16:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-09T09:57:54Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/9518 | |
| dc.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. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | IRM | |
| dc.publisher | KMI | |
| dc.publisher | RMI | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 4 | |
| dc.title | "Establishment of IDF-curves for precipitation in the tropical area of Central Africa - comparison of techniques and results" | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.subject.frascati | Earth and related Environmental sciences | |
| dc.audience | General Public | |
| dc.audience | Scientific | |
| dc.subject.free | Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) | |
| dc.subject.free | precipitation | |
| dc.subject.free | IDF-curves | |
| dc.subject.free | rainfall | |
| dc.subject.free | Central Africa | |
| dc.subject.free | methodology | |
| dc.subject.free | Koutsoyiannis | |
| dc.subject.free | Kinshasa | |
| dc.source.issue | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 4 | |
| dc.source.page | pp. 375-387 | |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Not pertinent |
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