15.8 - Rainfall Frequency Analysis
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Practice Questions
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What does the return period indicate?
💡 Hint: Think about how often a flood might occur.
Name one distribution used in rainfall frequency analysis.
💡 Hint: It's named after a statistician.
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What does the return period indicate?
💡 Hint: Focus on frequency rather than quantity.
Is the Gumbel Distribution used for modeling extreme events?
💡 Hint: Think about risk assessment.
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Given a historical data set of rainfall over 20 years, where the maximum rainfall event ranks 5th, calculate the return period and discuss the implications for flood management.
💡 Hint: Remember to utilize the formula correctly.
Explain how a shift from normal to skewed rainfall data would impact the choice between using normal distribution versus Log Pearson distribution for rainfall analysis.
💡 Hint: Consider how real-world rainfall data often behaves.
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