Resource

Use of Limited Site-Specific Flood Information in Estimating Flood Peaks

Resource Type
Reports
Reference Title
Use of Limited Site-Specific Flood Information in Estimating Flood Peaks
Author/Presenter
Newton, Donald W.
Herrin, Janet C.
Roser, Scott D.
Kibler, David F.
Aron, Gert
Wall, David J.
Organization/Agency
Tennessee Valley Authority
Publisher Name
Tennessee Valley Authority
Year
1984
Date
07/1984
Abstract/Additional Information

Contents: (1) Introduction (2) Literature review (3) Hydrologic database for developing and testing procedures (4) Mapping of selected station flow-frequency statistics and flood indexes (5) Statistical analyses at historic flood information sites (6) Combining limited site-specific historic flood and regional flow-frequency estimates by variance weighting (7) Statistical analyses at short-record stations (8) Further analyses at short-record stations (9) Conclusions, recommendations, and suggested future research.
Appendices: References, Abstracts of references, Computer program FLOODREG, Example applications