Assume that the Cypress Creek data for 1981 - 2010 fit a log Pearson 3 distribution (statistics

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Assume that the Cypress Creek data for 1981 - 2010 fit a log Pearson 3 distribution (statistics of base 10 logs are Cs = -0.788, mean = 3.8262, Var = 0.05104, and st. dev. = 0.2259). Find the peak flow of the 100-yr flood and compare it with the peak flow using the entire data set (14,757 cfs peak 100-yr flood using entire data set). Explain the difference, knowing that 95% of residential development along Cypress Creek occurred after 1965.
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Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis

ISBN: 978-0132567961

5th edition

Authors: Philip B. Bedient, Wayne C. Huber, Baxter E. Vieux

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