Abstract. When a natural hazard event like an earthquake affects region and generates catastrophe (NatCat), the following questions arise: how often does such occur? What is its return period (RP)? We derive combined (CRP) from concept of extreme value statistics theory – pseudo-polar coordinates. A CRP (weighted) average local RP intensities. Since CRP's reciprocal expected exceedance frequenc...

For the UK’s longest and most complete sea level record (Newlyn), we assess extreme high waters and their temporal clustering; prompted by the 2013/2014 winter of storms and flooding. These are set into context against this almost 100-year record. We define annual periods for which storm activity and high sea levels can be compared on a yearby-year basis. Amongst the storms and high tides which...

The assessment of collective risk for flood risk management requires a better understanding of the space-time characteristics of flood magnitude and occurrence. In particular, classic formulation of collective risk implies hypotheses concerning the independence of intensity and number of events over fixed time windows that are unlikely to be tenable in real-world hydroclimatic processes exhibit...

The resources of small-scale community-based flood risk action groups are often limited, hence studies to model and predict the effects Natural Flood Management restrained by time lack empirical data validate results. As a result, representations hillslope leaky barriers largely modelled as several equifinal approaches, without survey data. geometrical characteristics were surveyed for first at...

The copula–entropy theory combines the entropy theory and the copula theory. The entropy theory has been extensively applied to derive the most probable univariate distribution subject to specified constraints by applying the principle of maximum entropy. With the flexibility to model nonlinear dependence structure, parametric copulas (e.g., Archimedean, extreme value, meta-elliptical, etc.) ha...

This study aims to characterise the rainfall exceptionality and the meteorological context of the 20 February 2010 flash-floods in Madeira (Portugal). Daily and hourly precipitation records from the available rain-gauge station networks are evaluated in order to reconstitute the temporal evolution of the rainstorm, as its geographic incidence, contributing to understand the flash-flood dynamics...

Climate change is the main parameter affecting water resources. This will exacerbate hydrologic extreme events like drought and flood. Determination of possible peak flow in agricultural watershed important terms preventing crop losses. The materials methods suitable for watersheds (hydrology) were used this study. general aim study to determine success estimation power Windows Technical Releas...

Understanding the hydro-climatological controls on floods is fundamental for estimating flood frequency. The river flood regime is a reflection of a complex catchment hydrological response to flood producing processes. Hence, the catchment similarity in a flood regime is a feasible basis for identifying flood frequency pooling groups used in regional estimation of design events. This study desc...