Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Scientific Board, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Kohkilooyeh and Boyerahmad, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute, Iran
Abstract
The first step for design flood estimation of a watershed is determination of the design rainfall characteristics. One of rainfall characteristics is its distribution over the rainfall duration. This is known as the temporal pattern of the design rainfall. In the present study, the data of four synoptic stations in Kohkiloyeh and Boyerahmad province have been used to determine the temporal pattern of rainfall, using the Pilgrim (ranking) method. Rainfalls of various durations less than 30 hours were classified into 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 hour durations, and then dimensionless temporal pattern were derived. In ranking method, each event is divided into a number of equal periods. Then, each individual burst is ranked according to the amount of rainfall in that period. The percentages of rain in all periods could be then ranked. The average percentages of rainfall among all recorded rainfall are estimated. The results show that, short duration rainfalls have maximum intensity in the second quarter, while longer duration rainfalls (12, 18, 24 hours) have maximum intensities in the third and fourth quarters. Thus, as rainfall duration increases, the maximum rainfall intensity moves towards the second half of time duration.
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