Open AccessEstimating return period of intense rainfall using Alexander's technique
Author(s) -
ON Dhar,
P. P. Kamte
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v22i1.3987
Subject(s) - return period , period (music) , climatology , meteorology , environmental science , geography , history , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , flood myth , archaeology , physics , acoustics , geotechnical engineering
After briefly describing the Alexander'e technique an attempt has been made to determine the return period of the highest one-day point rainfall in east Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) by using this technique. This study has shown that a point rainfall of 20 inches or more in one-day has a return period of about 2,000 years.