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STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT
卷 24, 期 3, 页码 337-347出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-009-0323-1
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Urban drainage; Extreme hydrological event; Annual maximum; Rainfall; Bayesian statistic; Return period
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves are used extensively in engineering to assess the return periods of rainfall events and often steer decisions in urban water structures such as sewers, pipes and retention basins. In the province of Qu,bec, precipitation time series are often short, leading to a considerable uncertainty on the parameters of the probabilistic distributions describing rainfall intensity. In this paper, we apply Bayesian analysis to the estimation of IDF curves. The results show the extent of uncertainties in IDF curves and the ensuing risk of their misinterpretation. This uncertainty is even more problematic when IDF curves are used to estimate the return period of a given event. Indeed, standard methods provide overly large return period estimates, leading to a false sense of security. Comparison of the Bayesian and classical approaches is made using different prior assumptions for the return period and different estimation methods. A new prior distribution is also proposed based on subjective appraisal by witnesses of the extreme character of the event.
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