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dc.date.created2019-12-10T16:51:35Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationXiong, Bin Xiong, Lihua Xia, Jun Xu, Chong-Yu Jiang, Cong Du, Tao . Assessing the impacts of reservoirs on downstream flood frequency by coupling the effect of scheduling-related multivariate rainfall with an indicator of reservoir effects. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2019, 23(11), 4453-4470
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10852/76370
dc.description.abstractMany studies have shown that downstream flood regimes have been significantly altered by upstream reservoir operation. Reservoir effects on the downstream flow regime are normally performed by comparing the pre-dam and post-dam frequencies of certain streamflow indicators, such as floods and droughts. In this study, a rainfall–reservoir composite index (RRCI) is developed to precisely quantify reservoir impacts on downstream flood frequency under a framework of a covariate-based nonstationary flood frequency analysis using the Bayesian inference method. The RRCI is derived from a combination of both a reservoir index (RI) for measuring the effects of reservoir storage capacity and a rainfall index. More precisely, the OR joint (the type of possible joint events based on the OR operator) exceedance probability (OR-JEP) of certain scheduling-related variables selected out of five variables that describe the multiday antecedent rainfall input (MARI) is used to measure the effects of antecedent rainfall on reservoir operation. Then, the RI-dependent or RRCI-dependent distribution parameters and five distributions, the gamma, Weibull, lognormal, Gumbel, and generalized extreme value, are used to analyze the annual maximum daily flow (AMDF) of the Ankang, Huangjiagang, and Huangzhuang gauging stations of the Han River, China. A phenomenon is observed in which although most of the floods that peak downstream of reservoirs have been reduced in magnitude by upstream reservoirs, some relatively large flood events have still occurred, such as at the Huangzhuang station in 1983. The results of nonstationary flood frequency analysis show that, in comparison to the RI, the RRCI that combines both the RI and the OR-JEP resulted in a much better explanation for such phenomena of flood occurrences downstream of reservoirs. A Bayesian inference of the 100-year return level of the AMDF shows that the optimal RRCI-dependent distribution, compared to the RI-dependent one, results in relatively smaller estimated values. However, exceptions exist due to some low OR-JEP values. In addition, it provides a smaller uncertainty range. This study highlights the necessity of including antecedent rainfall effects, in addition to the effects of reservoir storage capacity, on reservoir operation to assess the reservoir effects on downstream flood frequency. This analysis can provide a more comprehensive approach for downstream flood risk management under the impacts of reservoirs.en_US
dc.languageEN
dc.publisherCopernicus Publications under license by EGU – European Geosciences Union GmbH
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleAssessing the impacts of reservoirs on downstream flood frequency by coupling the effect of scheduling-related multivariate rainfall with an indicator of reservoir effectsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.creator.authorXiong, Bin
dc.creator.authorXiong, Lihua
dc.creator.authorXia, Jun
dc.creator.authorXu, Chong-Yu
dc.creator.authorJiang, Cong
dc.creator.authorDu, Tao
cristin.unitcode185,15,22,60
cristin.unitnameSeksjon for naturgeografi og hydrologi
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode2
dc.identifier.cristin1759011
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitationinfo:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences&rft.volume=23&rft.spage=4453&rft.date=2019
dc.identifier.jtitleHydrology and Earth System Sciences
dc.identifier.volume23
dc.identifier.issue11
dc.identifier.startpage4453
dc.identifier.endpage4470
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4453-2019
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-79431
dc.type.documentTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.type.peerreviewedPeer reviewed
dc.source.issn1027-5606
dc.identifier.fulltextFulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/76370/1/hess-23-4453-2019.pdf
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dc.relation.projectNFR/274310


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