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  • Hydrology and Climate Science
  • Extreme Weather Event Analysis
  • Geospatial Data Science

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  • Extreme rainfall events pose significant risks, including flash flooding and infrastructure damage.
  • Global-scale assessment of these events is hindered by data limitations and methodological inconsistencies.
  • Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves are crucial for understanding rainfall extremes but lack global comparability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a comprehensive, global dataset of Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves.
  • To address the limitations in data availability, quality control, and methodological differences in existing IDF estimates.
  • To provide an open, traceable, and reproducible resource for various scientific and engineering applications.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Global Sub-Daily Rainfall dataset (GSDR), comprising over 24,000 hourly rain gauge records.
  • Applied robust extreme value analysis, including single-gauge and regional frequency approaches.
  • Estimated return levels for multiple durations (1-24 hours) and return periods (10-100 years) to construct IDF curves.

Main Results:

  • Generated GSDR-IDF, a global dataset of IDF curves for each rain gauge.
  • The dataset covers all major climate regions, offering unprecedented global coverage and precision.
  • Provides estimates for various return levels crucial for risk assessment.

Conclusions:

  • The GSDR-IDF dataset represents a significant advancement in global IDF estimation accessibility and accuracy.
  • Enables enhanced hydrological modeling, engineering design, and flood-risk assessment.
  • Facilitates cross-disciplinary applications in climate resilience and disaster preparedness planning.