Dissemination of revitalised Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) rainfall-runoff method

An updated Flood Studies Report (FSR) / Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) rainfall-runoff method for use by the hydrological community in the UK.

• From: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
• Published: 17 February 2021

• Category: Understanding risks from all sources of flooding
• Topics: Flood forecasting, Flood risk assessment, Flood warning, Hydrology, Meteorology, Modelling
• Project status: Completed
• Project code: SC040029
• Date of completion: 31 March 2007

Documents

Dissemination of revitalised Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) rainfall-runoff method - technical report (3.4MB) PDF

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Details

Background

The FSR / FEH rainfall-runoff method is a UK based tool for flood estimation. It’s often used alongside statistical methods for flood frequency analysis where estimates of complete flood hydrographs and flood volumes are required.

The widespread use of the method has prompted valuable feedback from practical and academic user communities. This feedback includes observations about procedures and areas in need of improvement.

Objectives

This project presents an updated FSR / FEH rainfall-runoff method. The key objective of this project is to facilitate the distribution of this updated method through:

• a free Excel spreadsheet implementation of the method
• a comprehensive software package supporting all modelling aspects of the method
• a supplementary report to the existing FEH

These will facilitate the distribution of the updated FSR / FEH rainfall-runoff method to the hydrological community in the UK.

This project ran from 2005 to 2007.

Published 17 February 2021