Historical Changes in Annual Peak Flows in Maine and Implications for Flood-Frequency Analyses

Historical Changes in Annual Peak Flows in Maine and Implications for Flood-Frequency Analyses
Author: U.S. Department of the Interior
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2014-07-23
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781499529463

Flood-frequency analyses use statistical methods to compute peak streamflows for selected recurrence intervals—the average number of years between peak flows that are equal to or greater than a specified peak flow. Analyses are based on annual peak flows at a stream. It has long been assumed that the annual peak streamflows used in these computations were stationary (non-changing) over very long periods of time, except in river basins subject to direct effects of human activities, such as urbanization and regulation. Because of the potential effects of global warming on peak flows, the assumption of peak-flow stationarity has recently been questioned.

Regional Flood Frequency Analysis

Regional Flood Frequency Analysis
Author: Vijay Singh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1987-09-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses, May 14-17, 1986, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.

Climate Change Alleviation for Sustainable Progression

Climate Change Alleviation for Sustainable Progression
Author: Moonisa Aslam Dervash
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2022-09-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000707180

The change in climatic conditions has resulted in a series of events from the melting of polar ice to the rising of sea levels. This has affected low-lying coastal areas by endangering plants and animals, agriculture and livelihood patterns in general, not to mention causing the outbreak of diseases like dengue, malaria, etc. It is, thus, imperative that mitigation measures to stabilize or reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide is brought about. A key step is the bio-fixation of carbon from the atmosphere. This book attempts to bring forth the role of vegetation in carbon sequestration. The introductory chapters of the book deal with the understanding of the physical attributes governing climate on earth, historical account of climate change, impacts of climate change on different environs and eco-strategies to combat climate change. Detailed account of mechanism of carbon sources and sinks, carbon credits and REDD+ are also discussed. A sizeable portion of the book is dedicated to the climate change and phonological variability, clean development mechanism and economic stability through natural resource management. Academicians, researchers, policy makers and environmental stakeholders will find it a useful and comprehensive guide in the floristic and arboreal potential to sequester carbon dioxide and will suffice the diverse needs of teaching and research.

Application of Frequency and Risk in Water Resources

Application of Frequency and Risk in Water Resources
Author: V.P. Singh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400939558

Floods constitute a persistent and serious problem throughout the United States and many other parts of the world. They are responsible for losses amounting to billions of dollars and scores of deaths annually. Virtually all parts of the nation--coastal, moun tainous and rural--are affected by them. Two aspects of the problem of flooding that have long been topics of scientific inquiry are flood frequency and risk analyses. Many new, even improved, tech niques have recently been developed for performing these analyses. Nevertheless, actual experience points out that the frequency of say a IOO-year flood, in lieu of being encountered on the average once in one hundred years, may be as little as once in 25 years. It is therefore appropriate to pause and ask where we are, where we are going and where we ought to be going with regard to the technology of flood frequency and risk analyses. One way to address these ques tions is to provide a forum where people from all quarters of the world can assemble, discuss and share their experience and expertise pertaining to flood frequency and risk analyses. This is what con stituted the motivation for organizing the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses held May 14-17, 1986, at Louisiana State Universj. ty, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.