The mean annual flood 3 of a river is 600 m³/ s and the standard deviation of the annual flood time series is 150 m³/s. What is the probability of a flood of magnitude 1000 m³/ s occurring in the river within next 5 years? Use Gumbel's method and assume the sample size to be very large.
The mean annual flood 3 of a river is 600 m³/ s and the standard deviation of the annual flood time series is 150 m³/s. What is the probability of a flood of magnitude 1000 m³/ s occurring in the river within next 5 years? Use Gumbel's method and assume the sample size to be very large.
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![The mean annual flood
of a river is 600 m³/
s and the standard
deviation of the annual
flood time series is
3
150 m³/s. What is the
3
probability of a flood of
magnitude 1000 m ³ /
s occurring in the river
within next 5 years? Use
Gumbel's method and
assume the sample size
to be very large.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5eec0605-5379-4376-ae2d-818981f1a82f%2F2f675543-12c2-4ff4-bb6d-d46cfb402a37%2Fffr0d2m_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The mean annual flood
of a river is 600 m³/
s and the standard
deviation of the annual
flood time series is
3
150 m³/s. What is the
3
probability of a flood of
magnitude 1000 m ³ /
s occurring in the river
within next 5 years? Use
Gumbel's method and
assume the sample size
to be very large.
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