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Langousis, Andreas 1981. "Extreme rainfall intensities and long-term rainfall risk from tropical cyclones." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47737.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-85).<br>We develop a methodology for the frequency of extreme rainfall intensities caused by tropical cyclones (TCs) in coastal areas. The mean rainfall field associated with a TC with maximum tangential wind speed Vmax, radius of maximum winds Rmax, and translation speed Vmax, is obtained using a physically-based model, whereas rainfall variability at both large scales (from storm to storm) and small scales (due to rainbands and local co

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Hussain, Arshad. "Stochastic modeling of rainfall processes: a Markov chain - mixed exponential model for rainfalls in different climatic conditions." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18710.

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Watershed models simulating the physical process of runoff usually require daily or sub-daily rainfall time series data as input. However, even when rainfall records are available, they contain only limited and finite information regarding the historical rainfall pattern to adequately assess the response and reliability of a water resource system. This study is therefore concerned with the development of a stochastic rainfall model that can reliably generate many sequences of synthetic rainfall time series' that have similar properties to those of the observed data. The 'MCME' model develop

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de, Roulhac Darde Gregoire 1956. "APPLICATION OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN THE SELECTION OF RAINFALL FREQUENCY MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276407.

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Yang, Guangguang. "Rainfall field modelling for European satellite networks." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2016. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/rainfall-field-modelling-for-european-satellite-networks(5c9b2bc0-b2df-4787-ac35-4852c2577237).html.

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This thesis provides a new space-time statistical rain model and a novel space-time interpolation approach for planning and dimensioning wide area high frequency satellite communication networks. Key characteristics of rainfall rate fields are modelled. These include detailed description of: (i) the first order statistical distribution, (ii) the spatial and temporal correlation functions of rainfall rate and, and (iii) the probability of rain/no-rain. With a focus on their relevance to satellite and terrestrial microwave network design, the key contribution of this study is the assessment of t

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Nguyen, Tan Danh. "Regional estimation of extreme rainfall events." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=84300.

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The first part of the research deals with the estimation of extreme rainfalls for locations where rainfall records are sufficiently available (gaged sites); the second part is concerned with cases where rainfall data are limited (partially-gaged sites); and finally the third part involves the most complex situation where rainfall data are unavailable (ungaged sites).<br>For gaged sites, two methods were developed for estimating the annual extreme (AE) rainfalls based on the simple scaling behaviour of the first three non-central moments (NCMs) of the AE rainfall processes and using the

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Chen, Yi-Ting Civ E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Rainfall-induced Landslide Hazard Rating System." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66858.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2011.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-138).<br>This research develops a Landslide Hazard Rating System for the rainfall-induced landslides in the Chenyulan River basin area in central Taiwan. This system is designed to provide a simplified and quick evaluation of the possibility of landslide occurrence, which can be used for planning and risk management. A systematic procedure to investigate the characterization of rainfall distribution in

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Karam, Karim S. (Karim Semaan) 1977. "On rainfall-induced landslides : a deterministic approach." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80940.

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Chen, Yi-Ting Civ E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Evaluation of rainfall-induced landslide transit characterization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73774.

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Thesis (Civ. E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2012.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-112).<br>As landslide hazard has intensified in the past decades, the development of landslide hazard evaluation systems has become more and more important. However, not much attention is paid to discussing the landslide transition in new and reoccurring landslides between different triggering events. A region in the central Taiwan, the Chenyulan River basin with the landslides from three typhoon eve

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Chatdarong, Virat 1978. "Multi-sensor rainfall data assimilation using ensemble approaches." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35493.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203).<br>Rainfall is a major process transferring water mass and energy from the atmosphere to the surface. Rainfall data is needed over large scales for improved understanding of the Earth climate system. Although there are many instruments for measuring rainfall, none of them can provide continuous global coverage at fine spatial and temporal resolutions. This thesis proposes an efficient methodology for obtaining a probabilistic character

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Friedman, Sara Hargrove. "Optimizing and verifying an ensemble-based rainfall model." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38953.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64).<br>In this thesis, I modified, optimized, and verified the stochastic Recursive Cluster-point Rainfall model of Chatdarong (2006). A novel error metric allows comparison of the stochastic ensemble of rainfall image forecasts to a single observation (radar) image. The error metric forgives position errors and provides a flexible framework for assessing how well the model works vis-a-vis a set of image measures, including the distribution of

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Chou, Yi-Ju 1976. "Short-term rainfall prediction using a multifractal model." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29335.

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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 32-34).<br>This study develops a method to predict multifractal measure of temporal rainfall intensity by using Kalman filter, and gives some examples of prediction for generated rainfall. The model for the rainfall generation proposed here is established using a continuous-time, discrete-scale lognormal cascade (CLC) with AR(1) process for each component. This model allows us to simulate rainfall field with the property of the multifractali

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Zhang, Lulu. "Probabilistic study of slope stability under rainfall condition /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CIVL%202005%20ZHANG.

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Van, Horne Matthew P. (Matthew Philip) 1980. "Short-term precipitation nowcasting for composite radar rainfall fields." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17006.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-80).<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Precipitation nowcasting at very short lead times is a difficult and important earth science goal. The implications of nowcasting extend into aviation, flood forecasting and other areas. Using correlation analysis for the generation of velocity vectors to advect a composite radar rainfall

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Lane, John Eugene. "Numerical, image, and signal processing algorithms applied to radar rainfall estimation." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 1998. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/RTD/id/1164.

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University of Central Florida College of Engineering Thesis<br>The main focus of this dissertation research has been to develop and analyze methods of rain gauge and radar correlation for the purpose of optimizing rainfall estimates.<br>Ph.D.<br>Doctorate;<br>Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>Engineering<br>Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>160 p.<br>x, 160 leaves, bound : ill., (some col.) ; 28 cm.

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Marcella, Marc Pace. "The hydrometeorology of Kuwait : characterization and modeling of rainfall distribution." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43159.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2008.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-103).<br>This thesis presents a comprehensive study on the hydrometeorology of Kuwait. The spatial, seasonal, and inter annual variability of Kuwait rainfall is discussed based on rain gauge and satellite datasets. It is found that the spatial distribution of Kuwait's annual rainfall features a gradual increase from the southwest to the northeast. Furthermore, Kuwait experiences a distinct rainy season from November to April, with double peaks

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Bhatti, Babar Mahmood 1968. "Extreme rainfall, flood scaling and flood policy options in the United States." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9092.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2000.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-227).<br>River flood and rainfall have been shown to exhibit scale invariance behavior over a range of space and time scales. Although various approaches have been taken to investigate and model the various scaling aspects of rainfall and floods, little theoretical work has been done on the relation between the scaling of rainfall and flood. If available, suc

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Cooper, Vincent A. "On automatic calibration of conceptual rainfall runoff models using optimisation techniques." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38473.

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Conceptual rainfall runoff (CRR) models are popular among hydrologists owing to their modest input data requirements, their simple structure and therefore their modest computational requirements. The realisation that CRR model calibration is more akin to a global optimisation problem, not a local optimisation one, was a significant development. The subsequent applications of global optimisation methods (GOM) have solved a major difficulty for estimating model parameters. Further improvement in parameter estimation may follow if constraints that help to limit the number of feasible parameter va

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Kemp, Matthew James. "A FM-CW microwave radar for rainfall applications." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2914.

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Previous works have validated the concept of a microwave rain gauge that operates as follows. With a microwave Doppler motion sensor, the Doppler shift created by falling rain drops is measured. One can then relate the corresponding fall velocity to rain rate. However, the available Doppler motion sensors are lacking in several aspects. Here we address the important electronic design and signal processing considerations related to a microwave-based rain gauge.

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Mohamed, Fadil B. "Space-time ARIMA and transfer function-noise modeling of rainfall-runoff process." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4723.

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Lee, Min Young. "Statistical modeling of extreme rainfall processes in the context of climate change." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=114421.

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The occurrence of extreme storms is a critical consideration in the design and management of a large number of water-resource projects. In current engineering practice, the estimation of extreme rainfalls is accomplished based on statistical frequency analysis of maximum precipitation data. The objective of this frequency analysis is hence to estimate the maximum amount of precipitation falling at a given point for a specified duration and return period. Results of precipitation frequency analysis are often summarized by "intensity-duration-frequency" (IDF) relationships for a given site. Howe

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Patel, Akash D. (Akash Chandu) 1977. "Modulation of African lightning and rainfall by the global five day wave." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16766.

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Thesis (S.M. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2001.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-176).<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Using a field station in Rhode Island, we record electromagnetic transients caused by global mesoscale lightning activity in the Schumann resonance band (3Hz-50Hz). For this thesis, mesoscale lightning flashes originating in Africa were analyzed and compared to the phase and amplitude of

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Bougadis, John. "Detection of trends in extreme rainfall in the province of Ontario." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26452.

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Information on intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) of rainfall is commonly required for the design, construction, and management of many water resources projects involving natural hazards, due to extreme rainfall events. Design storms (DS) are determined from IDF relationships. Many hydraulic structures (dams, weirs, culverts, storm sewer systems, etc.) are designed to serve 50 years or more into the future. Yet, these structures are being sized for the climatic conditions based on the past records, before climate change. Thus, new design methods accounting for climatic change are needed to pre

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Zhang, Yanlong. "Calibration of physically-based distributed rainfall-runoff model with radar data." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37760.

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Thadei, Simon Yuda. "Evaluation of effective rainfall by a physically-based soil-water balance model." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316263.

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Luitel, Beda Nidhi. "Prediction of North Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and rainfall." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2113.

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Among natural disasters affecting the United States, North Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs) and hurricanes are responsible for the highest economic losses and are one of the main causes of fatalities. Although we cannot prevent these storms from occurring, skillful seasonal predictions of the North Atlantic TC activity and associated impacts can provide basic information critical to our improved preparedness. Unfortunately, it is not yet possible to predict heavy rainfall and flooding associated with these storms several m

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Li, Qihang 1964. "Sampling error and environmental noises in passive microwave rainfall retrieval from space." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11204.

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Rybarczyk, Scott Michael 1974. "Formulation and testing of a distributed triangular irregular network rainfall/runoff model." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37045.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-186).<br>In this thesis, a new distributed, continuous simulation model is developed for flood forecasting. This new model, tRIBS (triangulated Real-Time Interactive Basin Simulator), is created by integrating two models previously developed. A landscape evolution model, CHILD, is used to create the triangular irregular network (TIN) of tRIBS while the original RIBS model is used to provide runoff and saturated/unsaturated groundwater dynamics

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Andrew, Lucia. "Investigating the Effects of Rainfall on Traffic Operations on Florida Freeways." UNF Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/904.

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Rainfall affects the performance of traffic operations and endangers safety. A common and conventional method (rain gauges) for rainfall measurements mostly provide precipitation records in hourly and 15-minute intervals. However, reliability, continuity, and wide area coverage pose challenges with this data collection method. There is also a greater likelihood for data misrepresentation in areas where short duration rainfall is predominant, i.e., reported values may not reflect the actual equivalent rainfall intensity during subintervals over the entire reporting period. With recent weather a

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Siyyid, Alward N. "The use of Meteosat satellite data for spatial rainfall estimations and hydrological simulations." Thesis, Aston University, 1993. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/14308/.

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Satellite information, in combination with conventional point source measurements, can be a valuable source of information. This thesis is devoted to the spatial estimation of areal rainfall over a region using both the measurements from a dense and sparse network of rain-gauges and images from the meteorological satellites. A primary concern is to study the effects of such satellite assisted rainfall estimates on the performance of rainfall-runoff models. Low-cost image processing systems and peripherals are used to process and manipulate the data. Both secondary as well as primary satellite

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Mahjabin, Tasnuva. "Long-term Trends in Magnitude and Frequency of Extreme Rainfall Events in Florida." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2257.

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This study computed trends in extreme precipitation events of Florida for 1950-2010. Hourly aggregated rainfall data from 24 stations of the National Climatic Data Centre were analyzed to derive time-series of extreme rainfalls for 12 durations, ranging from 1 hour to 7 day. Non-parametric Mann-Kendall test and Theil-Sen Approach were applied to detect the significance of trends in annual maximum rainfalls, number of above threshold events and average magnitude of above threshold events for four common analysis periods. Trend Free Pre-Whitening (TFPW) approach was applied to remove the serial

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Chagnon, Frédéric J. F. (Frédéric Jacques F. ). 1975. "Patterns of shallow clouds and rainfall over the Amazon : climatic impacts of deforestation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28930.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>(cont.) and, to a lesser extent, cold cloud patterns over the Amazon. Through complex interactions, the results reported in this thesis may have important implications for the local ecosystem dynamics of the Amazon, for the geomorphology of the Amazon river basin, for the flow regimes of the Amazon river, and for global climate.<br>The climatic impact of the current state of deforestation in the Amazon basin is examined in this thesis. Past mode

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Gong, Gavin 1969. "The role of fractional rainfall coverage in atmospheric general circulation model hydrologic processes." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35428.

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Gong, Cuiling 1964. "The role of land-atmosphere-ocean interactions in rainfall variability over West Africa." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38753.

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Ozelkan, Ertunga Cem 1970. "Multi-objective fuzzy regression applied to the calibration of conceptual rainfall-runoff models." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282486.

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The purpose of this research is (1) to develop a multi-objective fuzzy regression (MOFR) tool to overcome the shortcomings of the existing fuzzy regression approaches while keeping the good characteristics, and (2) to study systems with uncertain elements, using the example of rainfall-runoff process to illustrate the approach. Previous research has shown that fuzzy regression performs superior compared to statistical regression in some cases. On the other hand, fuzzy regression has also been criticized because it does not allow all data points to influence the estimated parameters, it is sens

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Nayak, Munir Ahmad. "Heavy rainfall and flooding associated with atmospheric rivers over the central United States." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2249.

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Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are long and narrow river-like features in the lower troposphere that carry most of the atmospheric water vapor fluxes from the tropics to the midlatitudes. Because of the large amount of moisture transported by these storms, they can cause heavy rainfall and major flooding events, such as the Midwest floods of 1993 and 2008. The overarching theme of this thesis is to understand the impacts of ARs on extreme precipitation and floods over the central United States. First, to improve the understanding of the mechanisms leading to the development of these storms, three AR

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Zhang, Xiaohui. "Integration of a stochastic space-time rainfall model and distributed hydrologic simulation with GIS." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282409.

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This research presents an integration of a stochastic space-time rainfall model and distributed hydrologic simulation with GIS. The integrated simulation system consists of three subsystems: a stochastic space-time rainfall model, a geographical information system (GIS), and a distributed physically-based hydrologic model. The developed stochastic space-time rainfall model is capable of estimating the storm movement and simulating a random rainfall field over a study area, based on the measurement from three raingauges. An optimization-based lag-k correlation method was developed to estimate t

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Cesarini, Luigi. "Heavy tail behaviour of rainfall extremes across Germany." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018.

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The upper part of a probability distribution (or right tail) control the extent and the frequency of occurrence of extreme events. Studying the tail behaviour of extreme rainfall events has become an important task in the estimation of these events. The main goal of this research is to characterize the regime of severe rainfall events, and to identify the morphological and climatic variables that influence the most these events. The study is based on data coming from 1206 rain gauges across Germany that recorded daily rainfall depth for the amazing period of 110 years, which allowed a fair ass

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Roz, Evan Phillips. "Water quality modeling and rainfall estimation: a data driven approach." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1258.

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Water is vital to man and its quality it a serious topic of concern. Addressing sustainability issues requires new understanding of water quality and water transport. Past research in hydrology has focused primarily on physics-based models to explain hydrological transport and water quality processes. The widespread use of in situ hydrological instrumentation has provided researchers a wealth of data to use for analysis and therefore use of data mining for data-driven modeling is warranted. In fact, this relatively new field of hydroinformatics makes use of the vast data collection and communi

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Heneker, Theresa M. "An improved engineering design flood estimation technique: removing the need to estimate initial loss /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phh4989.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.<br>"May 2002" Includes list of papers published during this study. Errata slip inserted inside back cover of v. 1. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 331-357).

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Boening, Kathryn Margaret. "Impacts of Green Infrastructure Practices and Rainfall Characteristics on Sewershed Hydrology and Water Quality." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1595352797878418.

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Direskeneli, Haldun. "Applications of the differential reflectivity radar technique : focus on estimation of rainfall parameters and microwave attenuation prediction /." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487331541708646.

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Seo, Bong Chul. "Towards a better representation of radar-rainfall: filling gaps in understanding uncertainties." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/881.

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Radar-rainfall uncertainty quantification has been recognized as an intricate problem due to the complexity of the multi-dimensional error structure, which is also associated with space and time scale. The error structure is usually characterized by two moments of the error distribution: bias and error variance. Despite numerous efforts to investigate radar-rainfall uncertainties, many questions remain unanswered. This dissertation uses two statistical descriptions (mean and variance) of the error distribution to highlight and describe some of the remaining gaps in representing radar-rainfall

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Mandapaka, Venkata Pradeep. "Role of rainfall variability in the statistical structure of peak flows." Diss., University of Iowa, 2009. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/403.

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This thesis examines the role of rainfall variability and uncertainties on the spatial scaling structure of peak flows using the Whitewater River basin in Kansas, and Iowa River basin in Iowa as illustrations. We illustrate why considering individual hydrographs at the outlet of a basin can lead to misleading interpretations of the effects of rainfall variability. The variability of rainfall is characterized in terms of storm intensity, duration, advection velocity, zero-rain intermittency, variance and spatial correlation structure. We begin with the simple scenario of a basin receiving spati

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Han, Sang-Yoon 1971. "Stochastic modeling of rainfall processes : a comparative study using data from different climatic conditions." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33770.

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Rainfall is essential for the design of many hydraulic structures. In particular, rainfall data are usually required as input to watershed models for simulating the runoff process. However, in practice rainfall records, even if they are available, contain only a finite amount of information regarding the historical patterns. A stochastic simulation of the rainfall process is thus needed to generate many sequences of synthetic rainfall series that have similar properties as those of the observed data. A large number of generated rainfall sequences would provide more adequate information for ass

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Wells, Brian S. "Caregiver Perception and the Role of Seasonality in Under-five Childhood Diarrhea Incidence in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7380.

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Diarrheal disease has long been known to be a burden to children worldwide. Although child mortality rates as a result of diarrhea have decreased over the past two decades, overall diarrhea incidence has remained relatively stable. In Cambodia, diarrhea was the third most prevalent outpatient diagnosis for children under five in 2012, with a reported incidence rate of 12 per 100 children, up from 7 per 100 children in 2008 (Ministry of Planning Cambodia, 2012). Cambodia is an agricultural country with 80% of the population living in rural areas (National Institute of Statistics Ministry of Pla

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Broekhuizen, Ico. "Uncertainties in rainfall-runoff modelling of green urban drainage systems : Measurements, data selection and model structure." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Arkitektur och vatten, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-73367.

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Green urban drainage systems are used to avoid flooding and damages to people and property, while limiting the downstream flooding and water quality problems caused by pipe-based drainage systems. Computer models are used to analyse and predict the performance of such systems for design and operation purposes. Such models are simplifications of reality and based on uncertain measured data, so uncertainties will be involved in the modelling process and its outcomes, which can affect the design and operation of these systems. These uncertainties have been investigated extensively for traditional

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Burger, Gysbertus Johannes. "The influence of climate change on short duration rainfall in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71900.

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Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Western Cape has been subject to extreme rainfall storms in the last decade, which has been responsible for millions of Rands worth of damage to public infrastructure and human settlements. Current climate model projections under climate change suggest that the Western Cape can expect greater rainfall intensities, with magnitude of rainfall events increasing, but the frequency of occurrence of events decreasing. The aim of this research is to assess if historical short duration rainfall data provides any evidence to

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Gianotti, Rebecca L. (Rebecca Louise). "Convective cloud and rainfall processes over the Maritime Continent : simulation and analysis of the diurnal cycle." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79488.

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Thesis (Ph. D. in the Field of Hydrology)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, February 2013.<br>"February 2013." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-307).<br>The Maritime Continent experiences strong moist convection, which produces significant rainfall and drives large fluxes of heat and moisture to the upper troposphere. Despite the importance of these processes to global circulations, current predictions of climate change over this region are still highly uncertain, largely due to inadequate r

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Yamana, Teresa K. (Teresa Keiko). "Simulations and predictions of mosquito populations in rural Africa using rainfall inputs from satellites and forecasts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62048.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2010.<br>Page 102 blank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-101).<br>This thesis describes studies on the use of the Hydrology, Entomology and Malaria Transmission Simulator (HYDREMATS) developed and tested against field data by Bomblies et al. (2008) in simulating and predicting the potential for malaria transmission in rural Africa. The first study examined the temporal resolution of rainfall input required by HYDREMATS. Simulations conducted ov

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Kamalu, E. C. "A laboratory study of soil erosion on a model road shoulder due to simulated rainfall and runoff." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241229.

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