Estimating the Frequency of a Storm Event: How to Use NOAA Atlas 14 Point Precipitation Frequency Estimates

Young Gu Her, Eban Bean, and Christopher Martinez

Release Date: 7/18/2023

Reviewed At: 4/19/2023

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ae587-2023

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Abstract

This article introduces NOAA Atlas 14 and explains how to use it to help Extension agents and the general public estimate the frequency of any storm event of interest. The frequency estimate of a storm event using NOAA Atlas 14 helps the user to understand how large a storm is in relation to the historical storm events that occurred at a certain location. In addition, the information on the estimate’s confidence interval provided by NOAA Atlas 14 is expected to help people better understand the probabilistic nature of rainfall events. Written by Young Gu Her, Eban Bean, and Christopher Martinez, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, May 2023.

About this Publication

This document is AE587, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Young Gu Her, assistant professor, hydrology and agricultural engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center; Eban Bean, assistant professor and Extension specialist, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; and Christopher Martinez, associate professor, urban water resources, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Her, Y. G., Bean, E., & Martinez, C. (2023). Estimating the Frequency of a Storm Event: How to Use NOAA Atlas 14 Point Precipitation Frequency Estimates. EDIS, 2023(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae587-2023

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Christopher Martinez

former associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL

Young Gu Her

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