• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.437-448
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• 2004

The traditional fixed areal DAD(rainfall Depth-Area-Duration) method, generally quoted in most hydrology texts, is a simple and useful procedure when watersheds are small and storm movement is not an important factor of consideration. However, it is difficult to obtain satisfactory results for the more apparent forms of storm movement such as typhoons, or for large watershed. In the latter case, especially the margin of error for the areal average rainfall increases proportionally to the area of study, causing biased result. To overcome these limitations, this study focuses on the storm-centered DAD analysis(moving area DAD method) developed and programmed by the isohyetal concept to obtain accurate and objective results. By comparing and analyzing the observed rainfall rates through both method, it was proved that the currently Proposed method more accurately reflected the average rainfall rate. In short, through this new method, approximately 130 storm events nationwide from 1969 to 1999 was analyzed and compared with the fixed areal method results.