Analysing changes in short-duration extreme rainfall events

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Darch, Geoff, McSweeney, Robert T., Kilsby, Chris, Jones, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5032-5493, Osborn, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-6799 and Tomlinson, James E. (2016) Analysing changes in short-duration extreme rainfall events. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management. Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). ISBN 1741-7589

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Abstract

Two approaches are presented for using the UKCP09 weather generator (WG) to assess changes in extreme short-duration rainfall. The first provides change factors for design storms of varying duration and frequency, building on established hydrological techniques and with uncertainty estimation. The second approach characterises and facilitates the selection of WG timeseries for use in impact models. The methods have been tested at ten case study sites around the UK. The results show an increase in the intensity of short-duration (1 h and 12 h) events in winter but a reduction in summer, although the latter is subject to high levels of uncertainty. The number of intense events increases slightly and more significantly for some locations, especially in winter. Generally, it is hard to establish any conclusions geographically, although increases in rainfall intensity and events in the Lake District site stand out. The methods provide practical techniques for utilising the UKCP09 WG to assess the impacts of climate change, in particular for urban drainage and sewer modelling.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
Related URLs:	http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2016 16:00
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2023 14:18
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/56689
DOI:	10.1680/jwama.14.00040

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