caa a22 4500 469029277 CHVBK 20180323132739.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00406958 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00406958 Plotting formula for pearson type III distribution considering historical information [Elektronische Daten] [Thanh-Van Van Nguyen, Nophadol In-Na] Most of the existing plotting position formulas have been proposed for use in the analysis of systematic flood records, but little has been reported on the plotting formulas for historical or non-systematic flood samples. In particular, no previous investigations have specifically examined the probability plots for the Pearson type III (P3) distribution in the analysis of historical flood information. The present paper suggests a new plotting position formula for the P3 distribution for use with both systematic and historical flood records. The proposed formula has a simple structure as do most existing formulas, but it is more flexible because in can take explicitly into account the skewness coefficient of the underlying distribution. Further, results of graphical and numerical comparisons have demonstrated that the suggested formula provided the least bias in flood quantile estimation as compared with many available plotting formulas, including the well-known Weibull formula. Finally, results of a numerical example using actual flood data have indicated the practica convenience of the proposed plotting formula. It can be concluded that the formula developed in this study is the most appropriate for the P3 distribution in the analysis of flood records considering historical information. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 Van Nguyen Thanh-Van Department of Civil Engineering and Applied, Mechanics, McGill University, H3A 2K6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada aut In-Na Nophadol Department of Civil Engineering and Applied, Mechanics, McGill University, H3A 2K6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 23/1-3(1992-12-01), 137-152 0167-6369 23:1-3<137 1992 23 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406958 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00406958 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Nguyen Thanh-Van Department of Civil Engineering and Applied, Mechanics, McGill University, H3A 2K6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- In-Na Nophadol Department of Civil Engineering and Applied, Mechanics, McGill University, H3A 2K6, Montreal, Quebec, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 23/1-3(1992-12-01), 137-152 0167-6369 23:1-3<137 1992 23 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer