Extending flood-frequency graphs by comparison with rainfall
Open-File Report
55-90
By: W. B. Langbein
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Abstract
Flood discharge is the consequence of many contributing hydrologic events which may be presumed to occur fortuitously and independently, such that the probability of a given flood is the product of the probability of each independent contributing event. Of the many factors that lead to a flood, the two most prominent are (1) storm rainfall and (2) the "antecedent conditions" (3.g., conditions of the soil encountered by the rainstorm).
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Extending flood-frequency graphs by comparison with rainfall |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 55-90 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr5590 |
| Year Published | 1955 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 19 p. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |