Approximating the probability of the probable maximum flood

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3695-3702

  Harris, Jeff ^a   Brunner, Gary ^a  

^a Hydrologic Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Probability

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CORPS OF ENGINEERS; CURVE EXTENSION; EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITY; FREQUENCY CURVE; PEAK FLOWS; PROBABLE MAXIMUM FLOODS; SIMPLE METHOD;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CURVE FITTING; DAMS; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79960399013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41173(414)387     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. Hydrologic Engineering Center, (2010) "Draft, Frequency Curve Extension for Extreme Flood Events", U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, 609 Second Street, Davis, CA 95616
2. Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center (1978)., Hydrometeorological Design Report 51. "Probable Maximum Precipitation Estimates, United States East of the 105th Meridian".