HYDROLOGY AND

WATER RESOURCES
ASSIGNMENT

Subtitle
• SUBMITTED BY :
• Danish abdullah
• 17-CE-60
• Section D

• SUBMITTED TO:
• Dr. Usman Ali Naeem
 FLOOD
FREQUENCY
ANALYSIS

LOG PEARSON LOG NORMAL

TYPE III DISTRIBUTIO
DISTRIBUTION N
LOG PEARSON TYPE III
DISTRIBUTION

Flood Frequency Analysis

 LOG PEARSON TYPE III DISTRIBUTION

• This Distribution is widely used in U.S.A in projects sponsored by U.S

Government
• In this, the variate is first transformed into logarithmic form (base 10) and the
transformed data is then analysed.
• lf X is the variate of a random hydrologic series then the series of Z variates
Where
z = log x
• For this Z series, for any recurrence interval T
ZT = Zmean +KZδZ
 LOG PEARSON TYPE III DISTRIBUTION
•  
• Whcrc Kz = a frequency factor which is a function of recurrence interval T and
the coefficient of skewness Cs
• δZ = = Standard deviation of Z variate
• CS = = Coefficient of skewness of Z variate
• N = Sample Size
• XT = Antilog(ZT)
 LOG NORMAL
DISTRIBUTION

Flood Frequency Analysis

 LOG NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

• When lhe skew is zero, i.e CS= 0, the log-Pearson

TyPe Ill distribution reduces to log 11or111al
dis1ribution. The log-normal distribution plots as
a straight line on logarithmic probabili1y paper.
 QUESTION

Annual maximum recorded floods in a river for period 1951

to 1977 is given in the table. Estimate the flood discharge
with recurrence interval of interval of
i-100 years
ii-150 years
USING LOG PEARSON TYPE III DISTRIBUTION
USING LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
QUESTION
ESTIMATION OF FLOOD DISCHARGE BY LOG PEARSON TYPE III DISTRIBUTION
Flood Z-Zmean (Z-Zmean)2 (Z-Zmean)3
Year Z= log(x)
m3/sec (x)
1967 7826 3.893540 0.286424 0.08203862 0.02349782
1964 6900 3.838849 0.231733 0.05370023 0.01244412
1976 6761 3.830011 0.222895 0.04968215 0.01107390
1969 6599 3.819478 0.212362 0.04509767 0.00957704
1957 5060 3.704151 0.097035 0.00941570 0.00091365
1963 5050 3.703291 0.096175 0.00924970 0.00088959
1958 4903 3.690462 0.083346 0.00694654 0.00057897
1960 4798 3.681060 0.073944 0.00546775 0.00040431
1962 4652 3.667640 0.060524 0.00366312 0.00022171
1975 4593 3.662096 0.054980 0.00302285 0.00016620
1965 4366 3.640084 0.032968 0.00108687 0.00003583
1961 4290 3.632457 0.025341 0.00064218 0.00001627 N = 27
1971 4175 3.620656 0.013540 0.00018334 0.00000248
1954
1974
4124
3873
3.615319
3.588047
0.008203
-0.019069
0.00006728
0.00036361
0.00000055
-0.00000693
δz = 0.1426
1959 3757 3.574841 -0.032275 0.00104166 -0.00003362
1970 3700 3.568202 -0.038914 0.00151432 -0.00005893
1952 3521 3.546666 -0.060450 0.00365420 -0.00022090 Cs = 0.044641
1955 3496 3.543571 -0.063545 0.00403791 -0.00025659
1966 3380 3.528917 -0.078199 0.00611513 -0.00047820
1968 3320 3.521138 -0.085978 0.00739220 -0.00063557
1972 2988 3.475381 -0.131735 0.01735422 -0.00228616
1951 2947 3.469380 -0.137736 0.01897117 -0.00261301
1956 2947 3.469380 -0.137736 0.01897117 -0.00261301
1973 2709 3.432809 -0.174307 0.03038293 -0.00529596
1953 2399 3.380030 -0.227086 0.05156794 -0.01171034
1977 1971 3.294687 -0.312429 0.09761211 -0.03049689
    Zmean = 3.607116   Σ= 0.52924258 Σ = 0.00311632
TABLE FOR
FREQUENCY FACTOR
KZ
 USING LOG PEARSON TYPE III
DISTRIBUTION
For CS = 0.044641

XT =
T (Years) Kz K z δz ZT = Zmean + Kzδz
Antilog(ZT) DISCHARGE
m3/sec

100 2.35903 0.33498 3.94209826 8751.82 8751.82

150 2.4884 0.35335 3.9604688 9129.96 9129.96

 USING LOG NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
FOR CS = 0

XT = DISCHARGE
T (Years) Kz Kzδz ZT = Zmean + Kzδz
Antilog(ZT) m3/sec

100 2.326 0.33029 3.940292 8715.493835 8715.493835

150 2.451 0.34804 3.958042 9079.083285 9079.083285