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dc.contributor.authorDiaz-Granados, Mario A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorValdes, Juan B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBras, Rafael L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-13T13:11:08Z
dc.date.available2022-06-13T13:11:08Z
dc.date.issued1983-07
dc.identifier292
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143032
dc.descriptionScanning notes: Disclaimer inserted for illegible graphs and text. Missing pages 105-106.en_US
dc.descriptionThis study was sponsored by the MIT Technology Adaptation Program, which is funded through a grant from the Agency for International Development, United States Department of State.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe geomorphoclimatic theory is used, along with the joint probability density function of storm duration and storm intensity and the representation of the infiltration process, to derive the flood frequency distribution for a given catchment. The infiltration process is represented by two different approaches: a simple time averaged potential infiltration rate and a more realistic model based on Philip's infiltration equation. The resulting flood frequency distributions are in analytical form, containing only few climatologic and physiographic parameters of the catchment. These frequency distributions are tested against historic records from arid and wet climates with very satisfactory results. They will be very valuable in the design of flood control systems since they provide a theoretical basis for estimating flood frequencies in the absence of streamflow records.en_US
dc.publisherCambridge, Mass. : Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resource Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering
dc.relation.ispartofseriesR (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil Engineering) ; 83-9.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesReport (Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics) ; 292.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTAP report
dc.titleA Derived Flood Frequency Distribution Based on the Geomorphoclimatic IUH and the Density Function of Rainfall Excessen_US
dc.identifier.oclc10791458
dc.identifier.aleph241986


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