Abstract of Maryland Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 35, 1983, Characteristics of Streamflow in Maryland
By D.H. Carpenter
Abstract
Mean-annual discharge, peak-flow, flood-volume, low-flow, and flow-duration data are presented for 124 continuous-record gaging stations reflecting both the drought of the 1960's and most of the floods of the 1970's. In addition, peak-flow data are presented for 30 crest-stage partial-record stations and selected low-flow data are presented for 111 low-flow partial-record stations. Methods are presented for estimating peak-flow magnitudes and frequencies and low-flow magnitudes and frequencies at ungaged sites. Multiple-regression techniques are used to develop equations which relate physical and climatological features of drainage basins to peak-flow and low-flow discharges for selected recurrence intervals. These regression equations are used to estimate the peak- and low-flow magnitudes at ungaged sites. The methods can be used to evaluate the reliability of the estimates. (USGS)
Citation
Maryland Geological Survey, Annapolis Report of Investigations No. 35, 1983, 237 p. 18 fig, 14 tab, 39 ref.
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