Hydrological Risk Assessment of Old Dams: Case Study on Wilson Dam of Tennessee River Basin

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-212

  Gebregiorgis, Abebe S ^a   Hossain, Faisal ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized extreme value; Hydrologic risk; L moment; Return period

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; DAM SITE; DESIGN PHASE; FLOW DATA; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; HYDROLOGIC RISK; HYDROLOGICAL RISKS; L-MOMENT; PEAK FLOWS; RESERVOIR VOLUME; RESERVOIR WATER; RETURN PERIODS; RIVER BASINS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

DAMS; DESIGN; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RAIN; RESEARCH; WATERSHEDS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DAM; FLOOD; HYDROLOGY; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN;

TENNESSEE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857214620     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000410     Document Type: Article

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