| Historical Changes in Annual Peak Flows in Maine and Implications for Flood-Frequency Analyses Contributor(s): U. S. Department of the Interior (Author) |
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ISBN: 1499529465 ISBN-13: 9781499529463 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.31 lbs) 50 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Flood-frequency analyses use statistical methods to compute peak streamflows for selected recurrence intervals-the average number of years between peak flows that are equal to or greater than a specified peak flow. Analyses are based on annual peak flows at a stream. It has long been assumed that the annual peak streamflows used in these computations were stationary (non-changing) over very long periods of time, except in river basins subject to direct effects of human activities, such as urbanization and regulation. Because of the potential effects of global warming on peak flows, the assumption of peak-flow stationarity has recently been questioned. |
