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Probable Maximum Flood

Probable Maximum Flood is the theoretically largest flood that may occur under the most critical meteorological and hydrological conditions deemed reasonably possible in a given drainage basin, representing the upper limit of flood magnitude for engineering and risk assessment purposes.

89

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2.7K

Citations

235

Authors

126

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

23

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Publications

89

Flood inundation assessment for the Hanoi Central Area, Vietnam under historical and extreme rainfall conditions

Pingping Luo, Dengrui Mu, Han Xue et al. · Scientific Reports · 2018 · 182 citations · Full text

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A Dam Break Analysis Using HEC-RAS

Yi Xiong · Journal of Water Resource and Protection · 2011 · 113 citations · Full text

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Estimation of the summer-fall PMP and PMF of a northern watershed under a changed climate

Josée Beauchamp, Robert Leconte, Mélanie Trudel et al. · Water Resources Research · 2013 · 93 citations · Full text

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Fragility Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams

Bruce R. Ellingwood, Paulos B. Tekie · Journal of Infrastructure Systems · 2001 · 91 citations

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The disparity between extreme rainfall events and rare floods ? with emphasis on the semi-arid American West

W. R. Osterkamp, Jonathan M. Friedman · Hydrological Processes · 2000 · 89 citations

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Authors

235

  1. AK
    Alfred Kalyanapu

    Tennessee Technological University, United States

    5 publications · 130 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. RW
    Rolf Weingartner

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    4 publications · 139 citations

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  3. GF
    Guido Felder

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    4 publications · 139 citations

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  4. WY
    Wondmagegn Yigzaw

    Tennessee Technological University, United States

    4 publications · 85 citations

    4

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  5. TH
    Tefaruk Haktanır

    Erciyes University, Türkiye

    3 publications · 51 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

126

  1. Tennessee Technological University

    Cookeville, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    345 citations

  2. United States Bureau of Reclamation

    Washington, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    178 citations

  3. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    373 citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    352 citations

  5. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research

    Bern, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    397 citations

  6. Erciyes University

    Kayseri, Türkiye

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    135 citations

  7. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    321 citations

  8. Universiti Tenaga Nasional

    Kuala Selangor, Malaysia

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    148 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

    9 publications · 185 citations

    9

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  2. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

    8 publications · 264 citations

    8

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  3. Water Resources Research

    7 publications · 265 citations

    7

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  4. Hydrological Processes

    6 publications · 194 citations

    6

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  5. Hydrological Sciences Journal

    5 publications · 95 citations

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