Book chapter
Modeling of Heavy Rainfall
Land Surface Processes in Hydrology, pp.113-134
NATO ASI Series, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
01/01/1997
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60567-3_7
Abstract
More than any other element of the hydrologic cycle, rainfall exhibits pronounced fluctuations in time and space. Modeling of rainfall entails quantitative representation of the space-time fluctuations of rainfall. Rainfall models are used for a variety of hydroclimatological applications (see Foufoula-Georgiou and Krajewski, 1994 for a detailed review). To narrow the scope of this paper and to focus on an area of particular importance for water resource assessment, attention will center on heavy rainfall events. Modeling issues for heavy rainfall will be illustrated with examples from the central United States. The study region is of special significance for the GEWEX Continental Scale International Project (GCIP; GEWEX is an acronym for Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment, see WCRP, 1993), which will be located in the central United States.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Modeling of Heavy Rainfall
- Creators
- J. A. Smith - Princeton UniversityA. A. Bradley - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Land Surface Processes in Hydrology, pp.113-134
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Berlin, Heidelberg
- Series
- NATO ASI Series
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-60567-3_7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/1997
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984573818802771
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