Floods in Puerto Rico, magnitude and frequency
Water-Resources Investigations Report
78-141
By: Miguel A. Lopez, Eloy Colon-Dieppa, and Ernest D. Cobb
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Abstract
Annual-peak discharge records at 50 sites in Puerto Rico with five or more years of record were used to determine individual site log-Pearson type III frequency curves. The frequency curve values for 2-, 10-, 25-, 50-, and 100-year recurrence intervals at 37 sites with 10 or more years of record were regressed against basin characteristics. Drainage area and mean annual rainfall proved to be the only independent variables significant at the 95 percent confidence level in these regression equations. (Woodard-USGS)
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Lopez, M., Colon-Dieppa, E., Cobb, E.D., 1979, Floods in Puerto Rico, magnitude and frequency: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-141, iv, 66 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri78141.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Floods in Puerto Rico, magnitude and frequency |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 78-141 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri78141 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Description | iv, 66 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |