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I am sure you have heard about the farmer in Sidell, Illinois. After that fiasco with the cheese being left standing alone taking the blame for polluting the nearby stream, he decided to build a channel to transport the runoff from his feedlots to a treatment pond. He was advised to size the channel based on the expected rainfall in April. However, he is a bit confused. How much rain falls in Sidell in April? He found historic rainfall data for Sidell online at an Illinois State Water Survey site, and found that April rainfall varies from year to year. Please help the farmer and save him from another scandal.
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Estimating Rainfall Quantity for Design
The design of water management systems is based more on extreme values than on average
values. If the mean value is used in the design of an irrigation system then on average, in one out of every two years there will not be enough water to
meet the demands of the crop and yield will be reduced. If the mean is used in drainage design, then one out of every two years the crops will be
flooded. It is better to use design values with lower associated risk.
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Estimating 80% Dependable Rainfall and 80% Maximum
Rainfall from mean and standard
If only the mean and standard deviation of monthly rainfall are known then
80% Dependable Rainfall = Mean - 0.84 x Standard Deviation
80% Maximum Rainfall = Mean + 0.84 x Standard Deviation.
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80% Dependable RainfallThe value of period rainfall (monthly, seasonal, etc.) that will be exceeded 80% of the time. This
value ensures that on average, there will be enough water to meet the crop's need four out of
every five years.
80% Maximum RainfallThe value of period rainfall that on average, will
not be exceeded 80% of the time. This value ensures that on average, a drainage system or a sedimentation pond will have adequate capacity
four out of every five years.
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Example : For Sidell the mean rainfall for April is 3.75" and the standard deviation is 1.78“
80% Dependable Rainfall = 3.75 - 0.84 x 1.78 = 2.25“
80% Maximum Rainfall = 3.75 + 0.84 x 1.78 = 5.25"
-0.84 0.84
20% 20%
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10 Step Procedure for Rainfall Frequency
Analysis
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1.LocateDataSource
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2.Extract as
SpecificData asRequired
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3.Import into
Excel andconvert to
columns
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4.Sort, andExtractTargetedData
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5.Graph, and
check forjumps,trends orcycles
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6. Sort the data in ascending order and determine the non-exceedance probability of each data value
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7. Plot Probability of Non-exceedance vs Precipitation
(Empirical Distribution Function)
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8. Determine the mean and standard deviation of the logs of the precipitation values
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9. Determine the cumulative log normal values for the precipitation data
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10. Plot the cumulative distribution function for the fitted logNormal Distribution
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Return Period (T) =
1
P
1.012.5
= 8 yrs
P = probability of exceedance
Return Period (Recurrence Interval)
The frequency with which, on average, a given precipitation event is equaled or exceeded.
Example: If there is a 12.5 percent chance that a storm of a certain magnitude will occur, the return period for that storm is
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Example: The chance that an 8-year return period storm will occur over the 5 year life of a project is
R = 1 - ( 1 - )n
1T
1 - ( 1 - )5 = (49%) 0.49
18
Multi-year Chance of Exceedance (R)
The probability of a given return periodstorm being equaled or exceeded within a given number of years.