Probable Maximum Precipitation, Mekong River Basin


Book Description

The purpose of this study is twofold; first to determine generalized estimates of probable maximum precipitation for 5,000 to 25,000 sq. km. drainages for durations up to three days covering the Lower Mekong River Basin and second, to prepare rainfall estimates that will produce the probable maximum flood at three potential dam sites on the main stem of the Mekong River, specifically at Luang Prabang and Pakse, both in Laos and at Kratie (Sambor) in Cambodia. Total drainage areas above these sites are 262,000 sq. kilometers, 539,000 sq. kilometers, and 646,000 sq. kilometers, respectively.

























Manual on Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP)


Book Description

The manual describes procedure for estimating the maximum probable precipitation and the maximum probable flood. This is the third revised version. The first and second editions of this manual were published in 1973 and 1986, respectively. The current edition keeps a majority of the content from the second edition. Newly added content in this third edition primarily results from experiences, since 1986, in directly estimating PMP for the requirements of a given project in a design watershed on probable maximum flood (PMF) in China, the United States of America, Australia and India.--Publisher's description.