The BHS Pennines Section presents current hydrological research carried out by PhD students at Leeds University. The sessions are aimed at members from across the country, on a range of topics.
Speaker: Molly Asher
The FEH design storm assumes rainfall events to always be symmetrical, and with a singular peak in intensity; however, previous studies of observed UK extreme rainfall events suggests that loading of rainfall towards the start or end of events is in fact more common. In this study, the sensitivity of an urban catchment in the north of England is tested using fifteen realistic rainfall profiles derived from these observed extremes.