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Peak Streamflow

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Created:	Apr 23, 2020 at 1:15 a.m.
Last updated:	Apr 23, 2020 at 2:11 a.m.
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Abstract

This resource contains a Python 3 program that can be used in Jupyter Notebook to download annual peak streamflow data from United States Geological Survey (USGS) Surface Data Portal for a USGS gage station and plot its flood frequency curve.

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Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:

WGS 84 EPSG:4326

Coordinate Units:

Decimal degrees

Place/Area Name:

United States of America

North Latitude

48.8431°

East Longitude

-63.3219°

South Latitude

26.0076°

West Longitude

-124.4938°

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Readme.txt

Description:
This resource contains the Python code used to download Peak Streamflow data. It also
contains sample data downloaded for USGS Station Number 03335500 (Wabash River at 
Lafayette) and its Flood Frequency Curve.

Content Details

> peakstreamflow.ipynb
This python code has been created using Jupyter Notebook with Pythod 3.0. The program
can be used to download and save peak streamflow data (based on user defined station
number) as a .txt file in the assigned location and further plot and its flood frequency
curve.

> Example Dataset (Data_03335500_raw.txt, Flood Frequency Curve.png)
The example dataset contains data downloaded for USGS Station 03335500 and its 
corresponding flood frequency curve.

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Name	Organization	Address	Phone	Author Identifiers
Venkatesh Merwade	Purdue University

How to Cite

Paliwal, K. (2020). Peak Streamflow, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/86afa70301c944fcb15113debf3e5c28

This resource is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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