CLIMATOLOGICAL CALIBRATION OF Z-R RELATIONSHIP FOR PAHANG RIVER BASIN
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v81.12566Keywords:
Radar, Rainfall Estimates, Climatological Z-R Relation, Flood ForecastingAbstract
Flood disaster due to prolonged heavy rainfall had caused millions ringgit of property losses, infrastructure damages and numerous deaths in the east coast region of Peninsular Malaysia. One of the efforts taken to improve disaster preparedness in this region is by enhancing the flood forecasting and warning system (FFWS) using rainfall input from weather radar. Weather radar has the advantage of its ability to provide good spatial and temporal resolution of rainfall estimates but comes with inherent associated errors. In this study, the radar rainfall estimates were improved by climatological calibration of reflectivity-rain (Z-R) relationships for Pahang river basin. The reflectivity data for period of one year from Kuantan radar station and the hourly rainfall depths at 67 rainfall stations located in the basin for the same periods were used. Correlation analysis between radar and gauged rainfall indicates that the further the distance from the radar, the weaker the R2 coefficient value. Two Z-R equations were derived using optimization method for distance (1) 0-100 km and (2) above 100 km from Kuantan radar. The results in the form of Z = 24R1.7 and Z =5R1.6 represents the average relationship for Kuantan radar for distance (1) and (2). The radar rainfall estimates using the newly derived climatological Z-R equations enhanced the FFWS for Pahang river basin.
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