Ensemble Radar-Based Rainfall Forecasts for Urban Hydrological Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Rainfall Forecasting
3.2. Sewer Flow Simulations
3.3. Forecasting Sewer Flows
4. Discussion
4.1. Rainfall Forecasting
4.2. Sewer Flow Simulations
4.3. Forecasting Sewer Flows
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Event Date | Starting Time | Duration (h) | Peak Flow (m3/s) | Max Average Rainfall (mm/h) | Storm Type |
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29 April 2008 | 23:30 | 6.5 | 0.3974 | 5.344 | S |
30 April 2008 | 15:30 | 3.3 | 0.3477 | 8.511 | S |
12 May 2008 | 04:00 | 6 | 0.5582 | 4.117 | S |
26 June 2008 | 13:00 | 9 | 0.2869 | 11.426 | S |
7 July 2008 | 15:00 | 4 | 0.5024 | 7.144 | S |
29 July 2008 | 05:00 | 4 | 0.5826 | 6.444 | S |
1 August 2008 | 01:30 | 4.5 | 0.9904 | 8.073 | C |
20 August 2008 | 20:00 | 5 | 0.58 | 10.564 | S |
4 October 2008 | 15:00 | 13 | 0.3378 | 8.489 | S |
14 October 2008 | 15:00 | 5 | 0.2754 | 7.358 | C |
8 November 2008 | 20:00 | 5 | 0.2592 | 5.412 | S |
9 November 2008 | 13:30 | 7 | 0.563 | 18.41 | S |
13 December 2008 | 00:00 | 9 | 0.4551 | 1.813 | S |
RMSE Mean (m3/s) | |||
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Event Date | Starting Time | Radar Ensembles | STEPS Ensembles |
7 July 2008 | 15:00 | 0.170 | 0.200 |
1 August 2008 | 02:30 | 0.405 | 0.430 |
1 August 2008 | 03:00 | 0.140 | 0.166 |
9 November 2008 | 14:00 | 0.287 | 0.169 |
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Codo M, Rico-Ramirez MA. Ensemble Radar-Based Rainfall Forecasts for Urban Hydrological Applications. Geosciences. 2018; 8(8):297. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8080297
Chicago/Turabian StyleCodo, Mayra, and Miguel A. Rico-Ramirez. 2018. "Ensemble Radar-Based Rainfall Forecasts for Urban Hydrological Applications" Geosciences 8, no. 8: 297. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8080297