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Annual flow statistics and drought characteristics for gaged and ungaged streams in Idaho. Research technical completion report, 14-08-0001-G1222-03 Item Info

This study addresses the problem of drought risk assessment for streams within the State of Idaho. As both the demand and competition for surface water supplies continue to increase, it is essential that a rational planning basis be established to quantitatively estimate the expected duration and severity of low stream flow periods, especially for extended, multiyear droughts. While hydrologists and engineers involved in the planning of surface water projects have long recognized the need to deal with this hydrologic uncertainty, most of the attempts to date have relied on the use of observed historical critical drought periods. However, since these periods vary from one location to another within the state, their true probabilities of recurrence have not been adequately defined. Moreover, for ungaged streams, or for locations with a limited period of gaged data, the problem of assessing drought probabilities has remained almost totally unresolved. Submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Annual flow statistics and drought characteristics for gaged and ungaged streams in Idaho. Research technical completion report, 14-08-0001-G1222-03
Authors:
Horn, Dennis R.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1987-05
Description:
This study addresses the problem of drought risk assessment for streams within the State of Idaho. As both the demand and competition for surface water supplies continue to increase, it is essential that a rational planning basis be established to quantitatively estimate the expected duration and severity of low stream flow periods, especially for extended, multiyear droughts. While hydrologists and engineers involved in the planning of surface water projects have long recognized the need to deal with this hydrologic uncertainty, most of the attempts to date have relied on the use of observed historical critical drought periods. However, since these periods vary from one location to another within the state, their true probabilities of recurrence have not been adequately defined. Moreover, for ungaged streams, or for locations with a limited period of gaged data, the problem of assessing drought probabilities has remained almost totally unresolved. Submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Subjects:
Drought Streamflow Estimating Assessments Water resources planning Surface water
Collection:
IWRRI
Series:
Water for Idaho
IWRRI number:
198707
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
KIT
Date Digitized:
2017-09-05

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"Annual flow statistics and drought characteristics for gaged and ungaged streams in Idaho. Research technical completion report, 14-08-0001-G1222-03", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-198707.html
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