Title
Distance-dependent depth-duration analysis in high-resolution hydro-meteorological ensemble forecasting: A case study in Malmö City, Sweden.
Abstract
Abstract In 2014, a cloudburst hit Malmo City and parts of the city were severely flooded. In this study, we assess the possibility to forecast this event by high-resolution ensemble rainfall-runoff modelling. Meteorological reforecasts are generated by the convection-permitting HarmonEPS model and the hydrological response is simulated by the HYPE model. Although the meteorological forecasts manage to reproduce the observed extreme rainfall intensities, due to location errors only a weak, low-probability signal of a high runoff in Malmo City is obtained in direct forecasts. To describe and visualize the spatial uncertainty of local rainfall extremes in forecasts, and construct hydrological model forcing representing “worst-case ensembles”, an approach called Distance-Dependent Depth-Duration in Forecasts (4DF) is proposed. In this approach, a depth-duration analysis is combined with a neighborhood approach to describe rainfall severity as a function of distance from the basin. The results demonstrated the applicability of the approach for improved situation awareness.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
Environmental Modelling and Software
Meteorology,Ensemble forecasting,Situation awareness,Hydrology,Computer science,Surface runoff,Cloudburst,Forcing (mathematics),Climatology,Structural basin,Precipitation
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
93
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jonas Olsson100.34
B. Charlotta Pers200.34
Lisa Bengtsson300.34
Ilias Pechlivanidis400.34
Peter Berg500.34
Heiner Körnich600.34