Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2497-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2497-2017
Technical note
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12 May 2017
Technical note |  | 12 May 2017

Dealing with uncertainty in the probability of overtopping of a flood mitigation dam

Eleni Maria Michailidi and Baldassare Bacchi

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In this research, we explored how the sampling uncertainty of flood variables (flood peak, volume, etc.) can reflect on a structural variable, which in our case was the maximum water level (MWL) of a reservoir controlled by a dam. Next, we incorporated additional information from different sources for a better estimation of the uncertainty in the probability of exceedance of the MWL. Results showed the importance of providing confidence intervals in the risk assessment of a structure.