The Bayesian Generalised Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation (GLUE) methodology, previously used in rainfall-runoff modelling, is applied to the distributed problem of predicting the space and time varying probabilities of inundation of all points on a flood plain. Probability estimates are based on conditioning predictions of Monte Carlo realizations of a distributed quasi-twodimensional flood r...

Cluckie (1990) states that "when a site has about 40 or 50 years of record it is unlikely to contribute significantly to the improvement of a regionally based statistical estimate by the availability of more data". In the present paper, the authors conclude that "databases with more than 300 station-years can be considered in a quite good condition in terms of quantity of information and that, ...

In this paper, the problem of Bayesian estimation of flood quantiles is studied. Bayes estimators of the optimal dyke height under symmetric and asymmetric loss are investigated when the annual maximum sea water levels are exponentially distributed with unknown value of the mean. Three types of loss functions are considered: (i) linear loss, (ii) squared-error loss, and (iii) linex loss. In ord...

It is hereby recognized that the destructive floods upon the rivers of the United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing of navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national welfare; that it is the sense of the Congress that flood co...

Estimation of flooded area in the Bahr El-Jebel basin using remote sensing techniques M. A. H. Shamseddin, T. Hata, A. Tada, M. A. Bashir, and T. Tanakamaru Water Management and irrigation institute, University of Gezira, P.O. Box 20, Wad Medani, Sudan Dept. of Food Systems and Field Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan Faculty of Agri...

In times of increasing disaster losses, the reduction (or mitigation) of consequences of natural hazard needs to be effective and efficient. An in-depth understanding of the effects of disasters, is required in order to develop forms of sustainable risk management as well as risk mitigation and adaptation strategies (Directive 2007/60/CE; IPCC, 2012). This is especially true given the limited f...

estimation of the magnitude and frequency of maximum instantaneous discharges and hydrographs are used for a variety of purposes, such as the design of bridges, culverts, flood-control structures; and the management and regulation of floodplains. fuller (1914), developed a flood-frequency formula based on analysis of flood peaks in hundred of streams to provide simple methods of estimating maxi...

Flood risk analysis is more complex in urban areas than that in rural areas because of their closely packed buildings, different kinds of land uses, and large number of flood control works and drainage systems. The purpose of this paper is to propose a practical framework for flood risk analysis and benefit assessment of flood control measures in urban areas. Based on the concept of disaster ri...

Storage routing models are becoming more widely accepted for flood hydrograph synthesis. The network models represent a considerable advance in this direction even though these models are based on many assumptions and empirical relationships. Watershed Bounded Network Model (WBNM) is one such model. This model maintains a good relationship between the hydrological and geomorphological propertie...