• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.39 no.9 s.170
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• pp.767-777
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• 2006

The goal of this study is to improve Huff's method which is the most popular method for rainfall time distribution in Korea. As the first step, we reevaluated the context of Huff's original research motivations, geography and rainfall pattern of study area, and compared that to Korean situations. In original Huff's results, no change in temporal distribution characteristics were found for different rainfall durations. This was found to be different from Korean situations. Furthermore, results from the MOCT(Ministry of Construction and Transportation) version of Huff's method is on a gage basis not on a watershed basis, thus making it difficult to select cumulative rainfall curves representative of a watershed. In addition, all rainfall data regardless of their magnitude were used in the MOCT version of Huff' method which is different from original Huff's which screened out data by using a threshold value of 25.4mm. For both point and areal mean rainfall, time distribution characteristics of rainfall for various durations were found to be different. This was statistically proven by K-S test at 5% significance level as some cumulative rainfall curves developed from the rainfall data of certain durations were found to be not significant with cumulative rainfall curves developed from the rainfall data of all durations. Therefore, in order to apply Huff's method to Korean situations, it is recommended that dimensionless cumulative curve must be developed for various rainfall duration intervals using rainfall data greater than a certain threshold value.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.5B
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• pp.519-528
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• 2006

In the construction of hydraulic structures deciding a design flood is one of the most important works. It should be especially noted that the time distribution of the design rainfall method makes a significant effect on the results of the design flood. Thus, choosing an appropriate time distribution method for the design rainfall is a very important process. In recent years, Huff's method is usually used in Korea. This method presents dimensionless rainfall-time cumulative curves, which are made through the analyses of storm data. In this study, the annual maximum rainfall data, from 1961 to 2004 were analyzed to make the dimensionless rainfall-time cumulative curves and hyetographs in Seoul. The results were compared with the "Regional Time Distribution of the Design Rainfall", (KICT, 1989 and MCT, 2000). As a result, the dimensionless rainfall-time cumulative curves are smoother than Huff's results when the duration of an annual maximum rainfall is short. In addition, the curves are similar with the Huff's results as the duration is longer.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.11
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• pp.985-996
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• 2014

When designing hydraulic structures, the chosen method of time distribution in a hyetograph is highly significant. There are several methods used for measuring time distribution. In the case of Huff (1967), which is widely used in Korea, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation (MOCT, 2000), and the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MOLTMA, 2011) have long been increasing their use of this method. The MOLTMA uses the conventional Huff method's measurement of 1 inch (25.4 mm) as the threshold. Many researchers have pointed out that this method often leads to underestimation, because of the excessive flatness. Therefore, for this study, a new time distribution method was developed to analyze only extreme rainfall events-those over the standard of severe rainstorms (that is, more than 30 mm per hour or 80 mm per day)-and that was verified using a rainfall-runoff model and applying it to a real basin.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.159-167
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• 2007

In this study, we investigated the application of extending the Huff's method to design discharge being used at present up to the event of concentrated rainfall. As our field study site, we selected Odae Cheon basin in Pheongchang, which was affected by concentrated rainfall in July 2006. Actual concentrated rainfall and design rainfall derived from the Huff's method were used to calculate the discharge and storm water levels, which were compared with the directly measured water-level marks of storm discharges. The results showed that the peak storm discharge from the torrential rainfall was twice higher than the design rainfall. The short term discharges from concentrated rainfall closely corresponded to the rainfall discharges of 150 years storm frequency.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1855-1859
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• 2006

Huff(1967)의 연구배경과 지형 및 강우특성을 국내유역과 비교하고 Huff(1967) 방법을 국내에 적용한 건교부(2000) Huff의 한계점을 파악하였으며, 국내 강우가 갖는 지속시간별 시간분포특성을 검토함으로써 국내유역에 적합한 Huff 방법의 개선방안을 위한 기초연구를 목표로 하였다. Huff(1967)의 연구유역과 본 연구유역의 점강우가 갖는 특성에는 차이가 있었다. 그리고 건교부(2000) Huff 방법은 관측소별로 분석되어 유역을 대표하는 누가곡선의 채택에 어려움을 갖게 되며, 이용된 강우사상은 강우총량의 크기에 관계없이 모든 자료를 이용하여 점우량 25.4mm이 상을 대상으로 비교한 결과와 차이가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한, 본 연구 대상유역의 점강우와 면적강우에서 지속기간별로 강우의 시간분포 특성이 다양한 것으로 분석되었으며, 이는 K-S 검정결과 5% 유의수준에서 지속기간별로 작성된 일부 누가곡선이 전 지속기간에 대해 작성된 누가곡선과 유의하지 않는 것으로 분석되어 지속기간별 시간분포 특성이 통계학적으로 입증되었다. 따라서 Huff(1967) 방법을 국내유역에 적용하기 위해서는 적정 수준 이상의 총량을 갖는 강우사상을 대상으로 유역의 대표성, 강우의 지속기간별 특성이 반영된 누가곡선이 작성 되어야 할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.51 no.3
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• pp.263-272
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• 2018

For the design of hydraulic structures, the design flood discharge corresponding to a specific frequency is generally used by using the design storm calculated according to the rainfall-runoff relationship. In the past, empirical equations such as rational equations were used to calculate the peak flow rate. However, as the duration of rainfall is prolonged, the outflow patterns are different from the actual events, so the accuracy of the temporal distribution of the probability rainfall becomes important. In the present work, Huff's quartile method is used for the temporal distribution of rainfall, and the third quartile is generally used. The regression equation for Huff's quadratic curve applies a sixth order polynomial equation because of its high accuracy throughout the duration of rainfall. However, in statistical modeling, the regression equation needs to be concise in accordance with the principle of simplicity, and it is necessary to determine the regression coefficient based on the statistical significance level. Therefore, in this study, the statistical significance test for regression equation for temporal distribution of the Huff's quartile method, which is used as the temporal distribution method of design rainfall, is conducted for 69 rainfall observation stations under the jurisdiction of the Korea Meteorological Administration. It is statistically significant that the regression equation of the Huff's quartile method can be considered only up to the 4th order polynomial equation, as the regression coefficient is significant in most of the 69 rainfall observation stations.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.39 no.9 s.170
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• pp.779-786
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• 2006

In this study, we propose a new method that utilizes rainfall data in and out of a basin, which is greater than 25.4mm for point rainfall or 12.7mm for areal mean rainfall respectively. From our analysis, most frequent quartile for point and areal mean rainfall were found to be the same in general for various rainfall duration intervals. From an evaluation of design rainfall per each rainfall duration distributed in time by the MOCT(Ministry of Construction and Transportation) version of Huff's method and this study, peak rainfall intensity by this study was found to be greater than the one by MOCT, but there were no consistent increase or decrease of this difference with rainfall durations. Using the distributed design rainfall per each duration by MOCT and this study, corresponding flood inflow hydrographs were simulated and compared each other. Contrary to the case of peak rainfall intensity, difference in peak flow by both methods per each rainfall duration started to increase from about 12-hr duration. Especially, the difference in peak flow was significant when critical rainfall duration was considered, and this trend was similar for peak flows of other rainfall durations. Therefore, the method proposed in this study is thought to be the effective procedure for the construction of dimensionless cumulative rainfall curve that is representative of a basin while considering time distribution characteristics for different rainfall durations.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.332-332
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• 2012

강우의 시간적 분포 추정 방법에는 여러 가지가 있으나, 현재 우리나라 실무에서는 거의 Huff 4분위법을 사용하고 있다. 수공구조물 설계과정에서 시간적 분포 추정은 최대홍수량 결정을 위한 임계지속시간 산정의 선행과정으로 사용되고 있으며, 이로 인해 본래 Huff 이론과는 다르게 해석되어 사용되고 있다. 본래, Huff분포는 강우지속기간이 1일(24시간)인 경우에 적용되는 방법이었다. 물론 실제 강우의 시간분포 양상을 적절히 표현할 수만 있다면 윈래 적용되던 지속기간에만 국한시킬 것이 아니라 다른 지속기간의 시간분포에도 이용하는 것은 타당하다. 모든 호우사상을 하나의 시간분포에 맞춰 놓고 어떤 지속기간이더라도 이 시간분포 양상을 따를 것이라고 보장할 수는 없다. 4가지 분위로 분류하고 중호우와 경호우를 나누는 정도의 지엽적인 구별로 해결될 수 있는 문제가 아니다. 서로 다른 지속기간의 강우사상의 시간분포가 동일한 양상을 나타낸다고 기대하기는 어렵다. 설계강우의 지속기간 결정시 임계지속기간을 고려하는 것을 고려하면 임계지속 기간에 결정적인 영향을 미치는 강우의 시간분포에 대한 정확성의 요구는 더욱 더 커진다. 최대홍수량 산정을 위한 설계과정에서는 모든 강우지속시간을 무차원하거나 최빈분위 사용 등의 Huff 4분위법은 오히려 우리나라의 설계개념과는 맞지 않을 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 우리나라 설계과정에서의 Huff 4분위법 사용의 문제점을 분석하고 그 개선방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.164-171
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• 2007

This research used GIS spatial analysis model and Huff probability model and achieved trade area analysis of area center. we constructed basic maps that were surveyed according to types of business, number of households etc. using a land registration map of LMIS(Land Management Information System) in Bokdae-dong, Cheongju-si. Kernel density function and NNI(Nearest Neighbor Index) was used to estimate store distribution center area in neighborhood life zones. The center point of area and scale were estimated by means of the center area. Huff probability model was used in abstracting trade areas according to estimated center areas, those was drew map. Therefore, this study describes method that can apply in Huff probability model through kernel density function and NNI of GIS spatial analysis techniques. A trade area was abstracted more exactly by taking advantage of this method, which will can aid merchant for the foundation of small sized enterprises.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.251-259
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• 2000

In this study, the urban runoff models, ILLUDAS model and SWMM, are analyzed the probable peak discharge and discharge using rainfall distribution by Huff's method at Bum-uh chun area in Taegu city. The probability rainfall and intensity is analyzed by Pearson-III type. The rainfall duration, 90 minutes, is determined by the critical duration computed the maximun peak discharge for some rainfall durations. The peak discharge according to Huff's rainfall distribution types compute in order of type 3, type 4, type2, and type 1, so Huff's 3 type is selected as an adequate rainfall distribution in Bum-uh chun basin. ILLUDAS model and SWMM are shown as good models in Bum-uh chun, but SWMM is computed higher peak discharge than ILLUDAS model, so SWMM is shown as the adequate urban runoff model for the design of interior drainage in urban basin.