Precipitation Analysis for Hydrologic Modeling

Title Page
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National Symposium On Precipitation Analysis For Hydrologic Modeling......Page 2
Contents
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I. Introduction......Page 6
II. Digital Techniques in Remote Sensing......Page 7
III. Applications to Hydrology : Some Examples......Page 9
References......Page 10
ABSTRACT......Page 12
INSTRUMENTS......Page 13
MALFUNCTIONS AND MAINTENANCE......Page 14
TAPE EDITING......Page 15
80- COLUMN CARDS......Page 16
MAGNETIC TAPE......Page 17
ABSTRACT......Page 23
MAGNETIC TAPE MANIPULATION......Page 24
CORRECTING DATA......Page 25
CHECKING THE MASTER TAPE AND CREATING A BACKUP TAPE......Page 26
SUMMARY......Page 27
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK......Page 33
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION......Page 34
SYSTEM MEASUREMENT......Page 38
SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT......Page 40
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 41
REFERENCES......Page 42
INTRODUCTION......Page 43
CATCHMENT AND PRECIPITATION NETWORK DESCRIPTION......Page 44
ADEQUACY OF THE UPPER TAIERI PRECIPITATION NETWORK DESIGN......Page 46
CONCLUSIONS......Page 50
REFERENCES......Page 51
Introduction......Page 53
Field Instrumentation......Page 54
Record Processing......Page 56
Data Quality......Page 57
Data Processing System Design......Page 62
Introduction......Page 65
Principal Results......Page 66
A Normal Warm Rain Shower......Page 68
A High Intensity Cold Rain Shower......Page 69
A High Intensity Warm Rain Shower......Page 70
Additional Measurements......Page 71
Concluding Remarks......Page 72
References......Page 73
RAINCELL PROPERTIES......Page 75
COMPARISON BETWEEN URBAN-EFFECT AND NO-EFFECT RAINCELLS......Page 77
RADAR ANALYSIS......Page 79
REFERENCES......Page 80
11 August 1972 Rainstorm......Page 85
23 July 1973 Rainstorm......Page 88
25-26 July 1973 Rainstorm......Page 89
Summary and Conclusions......Page 90
Acknowledgments......Page 91
References......Page 92
I. INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES......Page 95
III. PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF WET AND DRY SEQUENCES......Page 96
EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION......Page 97
GAMMA DISTRIBUTION......Page 98
IV. THE MARKOV-CHAIN MODEL......Page 99
V. TRANSITION RATE PROBABILITIES......Page 100
VI. PROBABILITIES OF STORM END STATE......Page 101
VIII. CONCLUSIONS......Page 102
X. REFERENCES......Page 103
BASIC DATA REDUCTION......Page 106
ANALYTICAL AND COMPUPTER PROCEDURES FOR SURFACE RAINCELL ANALYSIS......Page 107
ANALYTICAL AND COMPUTER PROCEDURES FOR HOURLY, STORM,AND CASE STUDY ANALYSES......Page 111
REFERENCES......Page 114
1. Introduction......Page 116
2. The Structure Function From The Data......Page 117
3. Determining The Parameters Of The Analytic Model......Page 120
4. Objective Analysis......Page 121
5. Station Placement......Page 125
6. Conclusion......Page 126
References......Page 127
Introduction......Page 128
Source Region Studies......Page 129
Case Studies......Page 131
Discussion......Page 132
References......Page 136
Abstract......Page 138
REFERENCES......Page 145
THE INDIO PRECIPITATION......Page 148
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS......Page 149
OTHER INFORMATION......Page 150
DISCUSSION OF RAINFALL AT GEORGE LYONS' RANCH......Page 152
DISCUSSION OF METEOROLOGICAL MECHANISMS......Page 153
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 154
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 158
2. STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNTING PROCESS......Page 159
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 163
TABLE 1 SPECTRUM OF DAILY RAINFALL COUNTS ANALYSIS FOR THE DETECTION OF SIGNIFICANT PERIODICITIES AT 1% LEVEL FOR THE ESTIMATES SMOOTHED IN CONSECUTIVE FIVE-MEMBERS-GROUPS.......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 165
1. Definitions......Page 168
2. Decay......Page 169
3. Regression......Page 171
4. Pioneers......Page 172
5. Formulas......Page 173
6. References......Page 174
INTRODUCTION......Page 177
SIMPLE POISSON PROCESS: MODEL I......Page 178
MIXED DISTRIBUTION- MODEL II......Page 179
ELEVATION EFFECT......Page 183
DATA AND RESULTS......Page 184
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 186
REFERENCES......Page 192
II. THE NATIONAL WEATHERS ERVICE RIVER FORECAST SYSTEM NWSRFS......Page 194
III. MEAN AREAL PRECIPITATION MAP......Page 195
IV. UTILIZING MAP IN MOUNTAINOUS ARFAS......Page 196
V. APPLICATION OF NWSRFS IN THE PEMIGEWASSET BASIN OF NEW ENGLAND......Page 198
REFERENCES......Page 200
DEVELOPMENT OF MODEL......Page 205
ANALYSIS OF MODEL......Page 208
REFERENCES......Page 214
INTRODUCTION......Page 215
STRUCTURE OF CYCLONIC PRECIPITATION PATTERNS......Page 216
FORMULATION OF THE MODELS......Page 219
REFERENCES......Page 228
MODEL DESCRIPTION......Page 231
MODEL TOPOGRAPHY AND STUDY AREA......Page 232
OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION COMPUTATION......Page 233
INITIALIZING THE UPWIND BORDERS......Page 234
CALIBRATING THE PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY......Page 235
MODEL EXAMPLES......Page 236
REFERENCES......Page 237
I . INTRODUCTION......Page 242
II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL......Page 243
III. MODEL STRUCTURE AND TERRAIN......Page 246
IV. MODEL INTEGRATION AND RESULTS......Page 247
References......Page 248
INTRODUCTION......Page 253
DESCRIPTION OF MODEL......Page 254
ESTIMATION OF MODEL PARAMETERS AND FUNCTIONS......Page 255
SPECIAL MODEL FEATURES......Page 262
REFERENCES......Page 263
THUNDERSTORM PROCESS......Page 264
STOCHASTIC RAINFALL MODEL......Page 265
SAMPLE CALIBRATION......Page 267
REFERENCES......Page 270
INTRODUCTION......Page 274
OBSERVATIONS AND DEFINITIONS......Page 275
MODEL ANALYSIS......Page 276
DISCUSSION......Page 280
REFERENCES......Page 281
SUMMARY......Page 284
INTRODUCTION......Page 285
MODEL PARAMETER-S SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS......Page 287
RESULTS......Page 289
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 290
LIST OF SYMBOLS......Page 293
1. The Networks......Page 294
2. Correlation Relationships......Page 295
3. Locating the Maximum......Page 296
4. Storm Velocity......Page 297
5. The Model......Page 298
7. Simulation Procedure......Page 300
References......Page 301