PAPER 8659 Northern Oman flood study HS. WHEATER, MA, PaD, MICE N.C. BELL, BSefEngh Se, DIC, ACOH Fo even id ares cn te erent damaging Wi incesng develop arti nthe Mile as ood protec om ange ie ech ti tery ee ir "ihc aetna i iment Raat ard oy Hee ‘Sonn or yas yet he reute o mont sen log Ho waves and ip vly flown Lae ase a br aed sient Weigh naan prc maven ytd ae Sere ce Shey se hd pant nie SU Smee ena te ett tnt ihe tt nd hm aay eect nd cmt tat a a Trap etd rang brs er ac om———_—_—_—— y al Pag Sa a oy 0. For fog sai tt diy or here duration ae nee, for ‘he res ty all retin mes rare ad ne ‘minima daly abscesses Pa ee SSE octamer are tga pe Esa Gua te and te ea show aig 2 cue Hsing eee re cence rnd 1 tdi er ede S335 it Th eatin 6 ens wees Hist and 9 asa rants Rone ee ciel the era ‘vem acted tram get te a Tern eos tegen sa ‘Spal varity of rail the ten le Stone ond mab of yrs we rfl otto geeFee ttn et ral pe | are eh Fi. &, Freeney dtrbaton of medi datos ral (Type 1 Exe (chy dst. Fe $ Comperton of ruery dao, 208 rfl (Tye 1 Exon (be aati panty lite ec bus consent ide prcptaton eons at Spelthorne {ns 099 and0s5 repent tte hie, ti The Cte of esr an 40 on hier ao "Gen ted want fom these ea x dept- dun een sar Northen Omen ms prormel From the tat mated Tale ned evens ecg ont oni ech oa ai sone These mere formed <-draton ato tet one het daraton an eth eure ait (ete tothe en gen retar rnd Hef tha ie fore wr ant ome ih thw fh ere ons hlthe ater shored good aseeent with ato ube or the USA, Auta ‘ei USS Heat haan ehh en ren Sideted the mean Seu Arstin values (rom the thee tones septal fom 1S. "The cave eps by Wa’ rin or one Ae preetdin i$. or amparson tie presen sty, he rar eed he msn ome Novi Oman ston rata Wan foun hero 30min 04a totes fr sane & (32049 free ose wifes te ae om he Pett toy 036 This aparen sma tue cf tars aa sro irs major actor coming toe cena of ee Sau rsa he Noni Gan eqn coe Totes. Rafa fr May som (Data rm the tgrapi agg a Mevra werent eto in aay) Some | eet se a pave, won ‘ae a ‘ei each et Seein ante cement ete Sorat csiearvoanty ee ESnrnanel dic ayerciattentgeotet Emecaarmeraentene sO setae Sot ate at cea Storm of 3 May 1981 spread dana ety td smmoicton, doe ewrSpea ie ton w rsin of ein Mielnernean ga a Nee soma ny eet Nove ion ni ‘isiwardt towards the dep thermal low. By Sin ee Fo tnt egy rlyFig 7. Str ral on aby, 3 Mey 1981 Fig 8 Profle torr May 1961 ino tonal storm onthe argon of 2 May and thndeoude tern 0 ont Nowhern Ona rm 150 el fone At mg ters tr pond‘nem tty ays be Conse 30 oa ts {etch period of ti) yx ip 5) Hower compare te Hoot Proc whh etiyduraoeqoety aap oe med som Fen perder tw tband 0 ere ‘Wadi Adai catchment see ctceat of the Wadi Ads to Watyah Fig 9.6 30m. The calc const sn se pave is raronded 6 ae erp apg, tint ts Fig. The Walt Alt ach (he aren ides hard rack orton fh eaclment eres we: ow om hse e321? contd oath ice te tron wey kon Kaha ep Te ty boulders over get-Permian porphyite and philite. The bare rock jel are of | Fit iene and lo th more reset Meson an Fray fe ‘ones thes up throug em 3 "Tyla Sunstein th pp ing eh i the ange 010-00, Fo othe pave rns too mae chanece xh appari ne tnd whan over slope of D0 The wa hand he pre sey ihm wie wih egy sping sie ae od ape of C055 Te ge se {ou the an Meh Qurya rod wih ica ome eben tat inbred cave cpaey 2 "Dow of Wain her nino. Teco ow n-ne camel bron Nate Men fo the al oe ke rll the Wai Ade cashes bythe abstraction tom ts awe ti hein hve ashes {Seta linstone Bauer [km nde and inne ‘plan pees yl hn on ie spaream ode a trot lt on the swam espe to ave no nlc onion wh the ede ef iba The mp cre ter eon es eon ‘hes were ot nding ey pt overturned by he fond ve IL Eye ina eportconsseny pac cot fen aoe the sea eee mergers Nd ce camp destba erat apy paw ptt cate nthe et ‘toy aes hi reaing ram reno fom he sje ise soc acy [andi com eamalsean Ths trn ase ht the elon Seely “nosh whens Royal Oman Pop rm ‘en i se amp de om moc and 0300: Coc wih hs ra tepot of water owing ino Foust Wataya the ee ch dl wt te to sede wh sound O08 te ‘eh Eady three and ented om pater he Wa Ast fw a 1008 ase tan wi By 17h on these dy here mt sue flow apparent the lwer each ofthe Wad toll be ned at Feat ow warmer ence witow deWadi fow data syne An ie eto obi seve snes on sae uring 114 a 1975" ba da eiodefapntion sap fond nent nee ceded Sobor anf he ton tad operon cosas be fede the ‘Suntan. Ta the 3 May flood major recorder was lost without Wace andthe ‘pds concede he en sled by te tem wer ange te es Sot cit oy ay “TA dead survey ofthe Wad Adal gorge wae ecore cai seem peah hares te epee men The trey was concer {ated on for ences cr mobs, ig ho Gein the eatie oa feta tr eapen ow fom ean et om het ‘rc fe od ad we cced wit to moth prs, On he wha fxs Manning rf 0092 was adopted The man peak Scare dara acy forex eth gen Table Set ans nde ‘Slucton eet po Secure Fal deta the reed Seco we Ita Wa ree all data ad eine ek share, cane bore neo SWES'in cident were iormtn ep ad ven ihe ee eae cena Ener nama cate itoa cane seein naan Soa steamer esate Ainigatibeyerorarh Tate 4 Sumery of Holt Ade peak dchge cae. 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The resulting simelation, shown in Fig, repro: See ae ie nelltrae hich would be epee to amaah the ilps the els were ingen ie arn he teetion somber ofan ioe made Foie Sand FT ane sy ‘Esme roughnes wih a 10% free over ef cele ease low Varina the nton ttn been blond peel ec) Sone ‘aon nel cece om O30 85 tn epintog ied eet Inte dtrnc to the oval salto manly fet he gee ‘5 £255 varaton i a ohana encanto he compensate by ierexigthe conn os agguaez "a The spi ree of nl sn ed serene veal i ing Teen Paso, dt om ie hate sent actin of as tbo ad ‘crysis onan Sgn a ne Tiisdoine «rene rng of eagne® one ieees at MaTt ‘ie fo ey by more than 8. Adopting terug ls eh pre {be bo url station come pre fo pak oa og Saag, ie et pl watts wr Osa Acoma at “ins et, The cae wre sine aie ee tees ain ere rom hye aay Ay rth este wil vos | beer ne ntl ten Using te Taser mod te eed Conclusions ‘4 The svaate rail date in Northern Oman bas been asc to aignerh eget etn rh dunn al The decmin! Wo te Ment rr dpb er hen Se 4, Atl food ata om h Wa Adie he quency te orm SA MaT aee ') year ee oc 4 Pabedan on rial ou or id nate inet comersle [RRR Obs fhe May ood in the Wad Al ere ob Seite reseed nies pn pas ‘otc vel al teas 0 Se overall Sef nap bse aa Tables, Ses anf led Wel Adalat yorphhe ver i nee primal dependent onthe etna tet inl {he tin fans cant be ui cotoed Acknowledgements “This sly wes undertaken in asacition with Jack, and Lean Ato asco etait Royal nae Pace ns bch wi he id perms ‘hc npr ener of Pr ad Custom Royo! Oman Poke, Tans a “for hr late anc Oman tothe Roja! Oman Pate Surero, Sema Wnt esr Macy of ear ad Fa {ind Si M. MacDonald and Partners ‘The contribution ofthe flow member ‘Eton Cepia Mos EM Show, MrT ©. Daven Me PCy [putlyseknoekiged The wok wn ced out whe he fn ator wa ‘Ezipr cfs Neural Emranet Research Coond idl utenti po ‘ocedby eM MacDonald nd Paice Redarsces 1 FoscatrB.€ ey soy ahi Coa Wet 09,201, 4S ‘ one Ai 8 4.58, 1st Mh er of Herr ap of et A Soyer mm Fn td Ape > tr onanetimcrtal Lenn ae everest} oe 14 Tomas BoP td Smo M. The fod of May 3. poh hag ad od tent aaerttmtmccs enn fg anf of ae Peep hen a comiailitacns tte ice pn a eae ‘Wale, Aura Pra Conve Ste igy of tan Ppa Ei lorncewmsaen tage ears 2st ele Atwater ot oe ‘ho iin ott sce pate pet ea Sheena banat etme tn it goats mc mt