Research Article

Response of Extreme Hydrological Events to Climate Change in the Water Source Area for the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project

Table 3

Extreme precipitation and flood discharge estimated via marginal distribution models for a range of return periods.

Return periods (year)AM series
RX1day (mm/d)RX3day (mm/3 d)W1 (×109 m3/d)W3 (×109 m3/3 d)
GammaGEVGPDGammaGEVGPDGammaGEVGPDGammaGEVGPD

1055.655.259.996.495.9100.22.000 1.964 2.107 4.323 4.270 4.533
5072.370.971.6123.0127.9117.12.796 2.693 2.500 6.001 5.866 5.233
10078.976.874.3133.4141.5120.93.117 2.982 2.581 6.677 6.505 5.364
50093.389.277.8156.0173.1125.93.834 3.610 2.678 8.183 7.906 5.508
100099.293.978.7165.3186.8127.04.134 3.863 2.697 8.811 8.477 5.535

Return periods (year)POT series
RX1day (mm/d)RX3day (mm/3 d)W1 (×109 m3/d)W3 (×109 m3/3 d)
GammaGEVGPDGammaGEVGPDGammaGEVGPDGammaGEVGPD

1050.551.352.188.188.391.41.753 1.763 1.785 3.945 4.391 4.071
5063.177.065.3110.4119.9105.42.328 3.050 2.366 5.236 6.915 5.451
10068.091.069.4119.0134.3108.52.556 3.839 2.562 5.747 8.265 5.919
50078.6133.176.5137.8169.9112.53.059 6.517 2.920 6.875 12.229 6.783
100083.0156.378.8145.5186.3113.33.267 8.176 3.041 7.342 14.377 7.077