A simulation experiment for optimal design hyetograph selection

L Alfieri, F Laio, P Claps - Hydrological Processes: An …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work is to assess the accuracy of literature design hyetographs for the
evaluation of peak discharges during flood events. Five design hyetographs are examined …

Derived distribution of floods based on the concept of partial area coverage with a climatic appeal

V Iacobellis, M Fiorentino - Water Resources Research, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
A new rationale for deriving the probability distribution of floods and help in understanding
the physical processes underlying the distribution itself is presented. On the basis of this a …

[PDF][PDF] Flash flood forecasting based on rainfall thresholds

L Alfieri, M Berenguer, V Knechtl, K Liechti… - Handbook of …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Extreme rainstorms often trigger catastrophic flash floods in Europe and in several areas of
the world. Despite notable advances in weather forecasting, most operational early warning …

Runoff thresholds in derived flood frequency distributions

A Gioia, V Iacobellis, S Manfreda… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2008 - hess.copernicus.org
In general, different mechanisms may be identified as responsible of runoff generation
during ordinary events or extraordinary events at the basin scale. In a simplified scheme …

[HTML][HTML] Reservoir routing on double-peak design flood

A Gioia - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
This work investigates the routing effect provided by an artificial reservoir to a double-peak
flood of a given return period. The present paper introduces a dimensionless form of the …

The geomorphic structure of the runoff peak

R Rigon, P D'Odorico, G Bertoldi - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2011 - hess.copernicus.org
This paper develops a theoretical framework to investigate the core dependence of peak
flows on the geomorphic properties of river basins. Based on the theory of transport by travel …

The extreme runoff index for flood early warning in Europe

L Alfieri, F Pappenberger… - Natural Hazards and …, 2014 - nhess.copernicus.org
Systems for the early detection of floods over continental and global domains have a key
role in providing a quick overview of areas at risk, raise the awareness and prompt higher …

Analysis of the relationships between flood peaks and flood volumes based on crossing properties of river flow processes

B Bacchi, A Brath, NT Kottegoda - Water Resources Research, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
A stochastic approach is developed for the determination of the reduction ratio between the
annual maximum flow averaged over a consecutive D hour period and the annual maximum …

Design flood hydrographs: a regional analysis based on flood reduction functions

D Ganora, G Evangelista, S Cordero… - Hydrological Sciences …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Modern flood hazard mapping techniques and water infrastructure design require the entire
flood hydrograph. However, statistical methods for flood hydrograph estimation in ungauged …

Analysis on flood generation processes by means of a continuous simulation model

M Fiorentino, A Gioia, V Iacobellis… - Advances in …, 2006 - adgeo.copernicus.org
In the present research, we exploited a continuous hydrological simulation to investigate on
key variables responsible of flood peak formation. With this purpose, a distributed …