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Excessive Rain-Falls Considered with Especial Reference to their Occurrence in Populous Districts
In the practice of hydraulic engineers it is necessary, at times, to provide absolute protection against the most violent storms that can occur in a drainage area, whether of a large or small extent; it is of primary importance to know what such a storm is. Precipitation of Rain. —Meteorological records are ordinarily made from observations taken at stated intervals, rarely less than four hours, and the detailed phenomena of storms are seldom recorded. The rate of precipitation given is the mean rate of this interval, and the maximum rate has been little regarded. The importance of this maximum rate increases as the area of drainage diminishes, since a heavy rate of short duration may seriously affect a small area.
Excessive Rain-Falls Considered with Especial Reference to their Occurrence in Populous Districts
In the practice of hydraulic engineers it is necessary, at times, to provide absolute protection against the most violent storms that can occur in a drainage area, whether of a large or small extent; it is of primary importance to know what such a storm is. Precipitation of Rain. —Meteorological records are ordinarily made from observations taken at stated intervals, rarely less than four hours, and the detailed phenomena of storms are seldom recorded. The rate of precipitation given is the mean rate of this interval, and the maximum rate has been little regarded. The importance of this maximum rate increases as the area of drainage diminishes, since a heavy rate of short duration may seriously affect a small area.
Excessive Rain-Falls Considered with Especial Reference to their Occurrence in Populous Districts
Hoxie, Captain R. L. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 25 ; 70-108
2021-01-01
391891-01-01 pages
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