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ABBREVIATIONS
AEP | Annual Exceedance Probability |
AREA | Area (km2) |
BFIHOST | Base Flow Index estimated from soil type |
CD | Compact Disc |
CEH | Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
DDF | Depth Duration Frequency |
FEH | Flood Estimation Handbook |
GEV | General Extreme Value Distribution |
GIS | Geographical Information System |
GL | General Logistic Distribution |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
HiFlow | Flood peaks database developed by
JBA |
ISIS | Hydrology and hydraulic modelling
software |
JBA | JBA Consulting - Engineers
& Scientists |
MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries
(now part of
DEFRA) |
NGR | National Grid Reference |
NRFA | National River Flow Archive |
OS | Ordnance Survey |
OSNGR | Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference |
QMED | Median Annual Flood (with return period 2
years) |
SAAR | Standard Average Annual Rainfall (mm) |
SEPA | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
SPR | Standard percentage runoff |
Tp | Time to Peak |
WINFAP | Windows Frequency Analysis Package |
WINFAP-
FEH | Extended version of
WINFAP |
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