UNCERTAINTY OF DESIGN FLOOD FOR DAM RISK ANALYSIS
The lack of sufficient flood data being kept across Korea has made it difficult to assess reliable
estimates of the design flood while relatively sufficient rainfall data are available. In this regard, a
rainfall simulation based derivation technique of flood frequency curve has been proposed in some
of the studies. The main issues in deriving the flood frequency curve are to develop the rainfall
simulation model that is able to effectively reproduce extreme rainfall. Also the rainfall-runoff
modeling that can convey uncertainties associated with model parameters needs to be developed. In
this regard, this study proposed a Bayesian single event rainfall-runoff model coupled with a
multisite rainfall simulator to better quantify the overall uncertainties associated with design storms
and model parameters. The proposed model was applied to generate a runoff ensemble at Daechung
Dam watershed, and the flood frequency curve was successfully derived. The derivation technique
based on Bayesian models allowed to better quantify the overall uncertainties associated with
various uncertainty components and to better manage the residual risk associated with the
uncertainties.