Publication Summary

Title

Characteristics of Extreme Precipitation Events in Washington State

Month-Year PublishedNovember 1989
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Short Description

The primary objective of this study was to develop probabilitic information about the characteristics of extreme storms for use in the computer modeling of extreme floods. Specifically, information was needed for the construction of synthetic storm hyetographs which have the statistical propoerties ob observed extreme storms.

Publication Number89-51
Author(s)Schaefer, Melvin
Print Availability Not available as a printed document
Number of pages 109
Keywords flood, model, precipitation, storms, strategies
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