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U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2007-1033
By Thomas A. Winterstein, Allan D. Arntson, and Gregory B. Mitton
In cooperation with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
The 1-, 7-, and 30-day low-flow series were determined for 120 continuous-record streamflow stations in Minnesota having at least 20 years of continuous record. The 2-, 5-, 10-, 50-, and 100-year statistics were determined for each series by fitting a log Pearson type III distribution to the data. The methods used to determine the low-flow statistics and to construct the plots of the low-flow frequency curves are described. The low-flow series and the low-flow statistics are presented in tables and graphs.
Abstract
Introduction
Methods Used to Compute Low-Flow Statistics
References Cited
Appendix 1. Log-normal plots of low-flow frequency statistics
Appendix 2. Log Pearson type III plots of low-frequency statistics
Appendix 3. Output from the computer program SWSTAT
3–6. Graphs showing:
| 3. | Low-flow frequency curves plotted along a normal probability axis showing effects of skews on the shape
of the curve. |
| 4. | Low-flow frequency curve with skew equal to zero plotted along a normal probability axis. |
| 5. | Low-flow frequency curves plotted along a Pearson type III probability axis showing effects of skew on the position of the 0.50 probability line. |
| 6. | One-day low-flow frequency curves for continuous-record streamflow station 05279000, South Fork Crow River near Mayer, Minnesota, showing the effects of zero values on the shape of the frequency curve. |
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Suggested Citation:
Winterstein, T.A., Arntson, A.D., and Mitton, G.B., 2007, Methods Used to Compute Low-Flow Frequency
Characteristics for Continuous-Record Streamflow Stations in Minnesota, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
2007-1033, 762 p.
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