The Answer = 102,557 cfs 9-A levee will be constructed to provide flood protection from a river.The annual peak streamflow in the river follows a log-Pearson Type III distributionwith a log10 (Q[ft³/s]) mean, standard deviation and skewness coefficient of 2.2,0.92 and 0.4 respectively based on 70 years of observed streamflow. If the 100-yearreturn period flow is 40,380 ft³/s, what is the upper bound of this design flow inft³/s with a 5% chance of exceedance?

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A levee will be constructed to provide flood protection from a river.
The annual peak streamflow in the river follows a log-Pearson Type III distribution
with a log10 (Q[ft³/s]) mean, standard deviation and skewness coefficient of 2.2,
0.92 and 0.4 respectively based on 70 years of observed streamflow. If the 100-year
return period flow is 40,380 ft³/s, what is the upper bound of this design flow in
ft³/s with a 5% chance of exceedance?

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The standard normal variable(z) for a 5% chance of exceedance can be calculated as the standard normal distribution value corresponding to the exceedance probability:

z = NormalInv(0.05) = 0.44

Mean $μ = 2.2$

Standard deviation, $σ = 0.92$

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