Journal of Environmental Hydrology
ISSN 1058-3912
Electronic journal of the International Association
for Environmental Hydrology
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JEH Volume 6 (1998), Paper 2, April 1998
Posted
April 5, 1998
SYNTHETIC STORM GENERATION IN A FLATLAND REGION, SANTA FE, ARGENTINA
Erik D. Zimmermann
Hydroenvironmental Research Center, University of Rosario, Rosario,
Argentina
ABSTRACT
The critical floods on flatland areas are generally a result of successive
rainfall events. The object of this paper consists of synthetic construction
of storm series with similar character- istics to measured events. Data
were analyzed by means of five variables: duration of the rain, time between
events, an average and maximum intensity of the rain, and storm advance
coefficient. The variables were classified as independent and dependent
and probability distribution functions were fitted for the independent
variables. Multiplicative relationships were proposed for dependent variables
and their coefficients were adjusted previously. A methodology was proposed
to generate a synthetic series of storms of twenty years duration. Finally,
the statistical characteristics of the synthetic series were calculated
and compared with the data series. A good agreement between calculated
and measured series was obtained.
Reference: Zimmermann, E.D.; Synthetic Storm Generation in
a Flatland Region, Santa Fe, Argentina, Journal of Environmental Hydrology,
Vol. 6, Paper 2, April 1998.
CONTACT:
Erik D. Zimmermann
Hydroenvironmental Research Center
University of Rosario
Rosario, Argentina
E-mail : erikz@fceia.unr.edu.ar
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