Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins

Rainfall patterns and frequency analysis are carried out based on rainfall data extracted from 23 rainfall stations in Sg. Sarawak and 7 rainfall stations in Samarahan basin. In this study, Daily Maximum Rainfall (DMR) and Monthly Mean Rainfall (MMR) data has been used for rainfall pattern analys...

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Main Author: Wan Ahmad, W.F
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2009
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description Rainfall patterns and frequency analysis are carried out based on rainfall data extracted from 23 rainfall stations in Sg. Sarawak and 7 rainfall stations in Samarahan basin. In this study, Daily Maximum Rainfall (DMR) and Monthly Mean Rainfall (MMR) data has been used for rainfall pattern analysis whereas rainfall frequency analysis procedure is applied only for DMR data. The objectives of this study are to constructing the extreme rainfall region map based on frequency analysis reduced variate curves which is the better plotting formula fit to Extreme Value Type I (EVI) distribution either plotting position formulae Gringorten and Weibull formula using Geographic Information System (GIS) application. Besides, these study also to determine the factors influencing the rainfall distribution in Sg. Sarawak basin and Samarahan basin. From the results and analysis, the rainfall distribution in coastal areas of Sg Sarawak basin is influencing by prevailing wind during northeast monsoon season where a regime of one maximum and minimum rainfall distribution can be observed. Meanwhile, those inland is less likely influenced where the rainfall is distributed quite evenly throughout the year. The results obtained from rainfall frequency analysis showed that the Gringorten formula gives least ratio than Weibull formula which is in accordance to previous study and literature review. From this result, frequency analyses in reduced variate graph are plotted for both basins and then the extreme rainfall region map are constructed using Geographic Information System (GIS) based on the graph.
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spelling unimas-45392024-03-07T08:20:24Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4539/ Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins Wan Ahmad, W.F GE Environmental Sciences TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Rainfall patterns and frequency analysis are carried out based on rainfall data extracted from 23 rainfall stations in Sg. Sarawak and 7 rainfall stations in Samarahan basin. In this study, Daily Maximum Rainfall (DMR) and Monthly Mean Rainfall (MMR) data has been used for rainfall pattern analysis whereas rainfall frequency analysis procedure is applied only for DMR data. The objectives of this study are to constructing the extreme rainfall region map based on frequency analysis reduced variate curves which is the better plotting formula fit to Extreme Value Type I (EVI) distribution either plotting position formulae Gringorten and Weibull formula using Geographic Information System (GIS) application. Besides, these study also to determine the factors influencing the rainfall distribution in Sg. Sarawak basin and Samarahan basin. From the results and analysis, the rainfall distribution in coastal areas of Sg Sarawak basin is influencing by prevailing wind during northeast monsoon season where a regime of one maximum and minimum rainfall distribution can be observed. Meanwhile, those inland is less likely influenced where the rainfall is distributed quite evenly throughout the year. The results obtained from rainfall frequency analysis showed that the Gringorten formula gives least ratio than Weibull formula which is in accordance to previous study and literature review. From this result, frequency analyses in reduced variate graph are plotted for both basins and then the extreme rainfall region map are constructed using Geographic Information System (GIS) based on the graph. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2009 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4539/1/Wan%20Ahmad%2824pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4539/2/Wan%20Ahmad.pdf Wan Ahmad, W.F (2009) Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Wan Ahmad, W.F
Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins
title Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins
title_full Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins
title_fullStr Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins
title_full_unstemmed Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins
title_short Extreme rainfall patterns for sg. Sarawak and Samarahan river basins
title_sort extreme rainfall patterns for sg. sarawak and samarahan river basins
topic GE Environmental Sciences
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4539/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4539/1/Wan%20Ahmad%2824pgs%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4539/2/Wan%20Ahmad.pdf