TRANSPORT and ROAD

RESEARCH LABORATORY

Department of the Environment

Department of Transport

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT 259

PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON FLOOD HYDROLOGY

HELD IN NAIROBI IN OCTOBER 1975

Any views expressed in this Report are not necessarily

those of the Department of the Environment
or of the Department of Transport

Environment Division

Transport Systems Department

Transport and Road Research Laboratory
Crowthorne, Berkshire UB/T|B Hannover
1977 101 578 563

ISSN 0305-1315
RN 3723 259)
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Foreword (0
Opening Address Minister for Water Development (Kenya) 1

Opening Address Head of Environment Division Transport and Road Research

Laboratory, U.K.

SECTION I STORM RAINFALL

Paper 1 The Prediction of daily storm rainfall in East Africa.

J A FORSGATE and A 0 GRIGG 6

Paper 2 Description of the East African Rainfall Project. MAUREEN JONES 20

Discussion 30

Paper 3 Rainfall mapping and design storm forecasts in West Africa.

Y BRUNET-MORET 31

Discussion 49

Paper 4 Depth-duration-frequency relationship for Ubungo Rainfall Station

COMMISSIONER,

Ministry of Water Development and Power, Tanzania 51

Paper 5 Depth-duration-frequency relationships for East African rainfall.

D FIDDES 57

Paper 6 Statistical estimation of the maximum probable daily rainfall in Kenya

using the method of maximum likelihood.

GOP OBASI and J K NIMIRA 71

Discussion 92

Paper 7 A preliminary study of the magnitude frequency and distribution of

intense rainfall in Nigeria. J 0 AYOADE 95

Paper 8 Area reduction factors for East Africa. D FIDDES 113

Discussion 140

Paper 9 The prediction of antecedent catchment wetness.

LINDA HUDDART and P G WOODWARD 141

Paper 10 The effect of storm movement and type on design storms.

MAUREEN JONES, PATIENCE COURT and P G WOODWARD 149

Paper 11 Temporal patterns of design rainfall for a station in Kenya.

P H CHARANIA and MISS S H CHARANIA 155

Discussion 173

Paper 12 Storm profiles for East Africa.

MAUREEN JONES PATIENCE COURT and P G WOODWARD 175

13 for East Africa. D FIDDES 184

Paper Design storm

Discussion 196

SECTION II RURAL FLOOD PREDICTION

The needs of the R J TRURAN 198
Paper 1 consulting engineer.
Paper 2 Description of current flood prediction methods in East Africa.

EANGUNYA 205

Discussion 227

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Paper 3 The description of flood flow for small catchments in West Africa.

J A RODIER 230

Paper 4 The description of the TRRL rural representative catchments in

Kenya and Uganda. P A K GREENING 257

Discussion 282

Paper 5 The TRRL East Africa flood model. D FIDDES 283

Paper 6 A mathematical model for prediction of flows from ungauged

catchments. S K GUPTA and S I SOLOMON 325

Discussion 342

SECTION III URBAN FLOOD PREDICTION

Paper 1 Description of current urban sewer system design in East Africa.

J KEENAN 350

Paper 2 The RRL Hydrograph Model: a historical review. D FIDDES 371

Discussion 381

Paper 3 Urban flood models in West Africa. J CRUETTE 384

Paper 4 The adaptation of the RRL Hydrograph Method for tropical

cal
conditions. WFORD 409

Discussion 456

SUMMARY BY SECTION CHAIRMEN 458

APPENDIX List of Delegates 462

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