Lesson 9: Frequency Analysis

Learning Objectives

• Define the probability distribution function for a random variable
• Estimate the parameters of a distribution using sample data by the method of moments
• Estimate probabilities using sample data based on the nonparametric and parametric approaches

Handouts

• Extreme Value Type I Distribution
• Flood Frequency

Reading Assignment

• Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?
• Revisiting the Concepts of Return Period and Risk
  for Nonstationary Hydrologic Extreme Events 

Homework Problems

• Problem 8