The annual maxima flood flows for a certain river at one of its gauging stations has a mean of 36m3/s and a standard dev

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The annual maxima flood flows for a certain river at one of its gauging stations has a mean of 36m3/s and a standard dev

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The annual maxima flood flows for a certain river at one of itsgauging stations has a mean of 36m3/s and a standarddeviation of 16m3/s. Assuming the flood peaks forthis station fit a Gumbel distribution, estimate the magnitudes ofthe median and the 100 year flood flows for the site and theseverity of 1979 flood flow of 60m3/s recorded at thestation.
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