Sentences with phrase «peak discharge»

The United States Geological Survey has identified several areas within the Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Enid and Moorewood areas as having the potential for extreme peak discharge of floods in the future as well.
This data series was extended by incorporating peak discharge values obtained from the reconstruction of the historical flood events in 1824 and 1882, which yielded 1650 m3s − 1 and 1200 m3s − 1, respectively.
The timing of snowmelt also influenced the timing of peak discharge from the North Slope river system and the start of the vegetative growing season, according to the researchers.
Water use: Immediately manage the combination of stormwater peak discharge and potable water use by 50 percent below the district baseline.
For the Plochingen gauging station situated in the middle course of the Neckar River, annual peak discharge data are available from the observation period 1921 - 2006.
In glaciated regions with winter accumulation, where an earlier peak of spring snowmelt is expected, the monsoon - influenced catchments will maintain peak discharge in summer even with significant reduction in glacier size (17, 24);
These results individually show that all three major historical flood events in the 19th century had higher peak discharge values than those of the observation period from 1921 - 2006.
These are floodwaters laden with suspended sediment during the peak discharge of Hurricane Isabel flood on the Potomac River at Great Falls, Virginia, September 2003.
If the smallest of these 25 lakes was to drain completely, it would yield a flood with a peak discharge of 600 cubic metres per second.
Quite often the peak discharges create no more than a spectacular light show, often they miss the earth completely or have little effect.
The highest observed value in this time span was a flood event in 1978 with a peak discharge of 1150 m3s − 1.
Furthermore, the historical sources revealed information about a flood event in 1851 at this site, for which the peak discharge could be narrowed down to a range between 1200 and 1500 m3s − 1.
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