Review of Flood Frequency Methods: Final Report of the Subcommittee of the Joint Division Committee on Floods

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This report summarizes the available methods of predicting flood frequencies. It considers the factors affecting the accuracy of such predictions and gives the limitations of the various approaches to the problem.The report gives consideration to definitions of flood probability in common use. It describes the several methods used to construct flood frequency curves including the “basic stage” and the “yearly flood” methods. Particular attention is given to the extrapolation of such curves to indicate the probability or average return period of floods of exceptional magnitude.

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