00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.921028 CaOODSP 20250115145620 m o d f cr |n||||||||| 230123s1987 onc ob f|0| 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- En37-597/1987E-PDF Pilon, Paul J., 1954- author. An assessment of contemporary flood frequency distributions / P.J. Pilon, K.D. Harvey, and R. Condie. Ottawa, Ontario : Water Resources Branch, Inland Waters Directorate, Environment Canada, [1987] 1 online resource (14 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. "A paper prepared for presentation to the 8th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, May 19-22, 1987, Montreal, Québec." Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14). "The ability of the generalized extreme value (GEV), the three-parameter lognormal (3LN), the log-Pearson Type III (LP3) and the Wakeby distributions to fit conventional samples and samples having historic information was tested using limited Monte Carlo simulations. The Monte Carlo data were generated from two assumed LP3 populations"--Abstract, page 1. Includes abstract in French. Flood forecasting Mathematical models. Monte Carlo method. Inondations Prévision Modèles mathématiques. Méthode de Monte-Carlo. Canada. Environment Canada. Inland Waters Directorate, issuing body. PDF 1.39 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2025/eccc/en37/En37-597-1987-eng.pdf