Bulletin 17B flood frequency revisions: Practical software and test comparison results

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  England Jr , John F ^a   Cohn, Timothy A ^b  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer software; Flood frequency; Land usage; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON RESULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SETS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOW DATA; HISTORICAL INFORMATION; HYDROLOGIC FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LAND USAGE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POTENTIAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION; RESAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; WORKGROUPS; ZERO FLOW;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79251511539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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