Collalti, Dino; Spencer, Nekeisha; Strobl, Eric (2024). Flash flood detection via copula-based intensity–duration–frequency curves: evidence from Jamaica. Natural hazard and earth system sciences, 24(3), pp. 873-890. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/nhess-24-873-2024
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Extreme rainfall events frequently cause hazardous floods in many parts of the world. With growing human exposure to floods, studying conditions that trigger floods is imperative. Flash floods, in particular, require well-defined models for the timely warning of the population at risk. Intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves are a common way to characterize rainfall and flood events. Here, the copula method is employed to model the dependence between the intensity and duration of rainfall events flexibly and separately from their respective marginal distribution. Information about the localization of 93 flash floods in Jamaica was gathered and linked to remote-sensing rainfall data, and additional data on location-specific yearly maximum rainfall events were constructed. The estimated normal copula has Weibull and generalized extreme value (GEV) marginals for duration and intensity, respectively. Due to the two samples, it is possible to pin down above which line in the intensity duration space a rainfall event likely triggers a flash flood. The parametric IDF curve with an associated return period of 2.17 years is determined as the optimal threshold for flash flood event classification. This methodology delivers a flexible approach to generating rainfall IDF curves that can directly be used to assess flash flood risk.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics > Institute of Economics > Microeconomics 10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Collalti, Dino, Strobl, Eric Albert |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics |
ISSN: |
1684-9981 |
Publisher: |
Copernicus Publications |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Dino Collalti |
Date Deposited: |
14 May 2024 09:48 |
Last Modified: |
14 May 2024 09:58 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.5194/nhess-24-873-2024 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/196751 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/196751 |
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