Expand on Partial Duration Series using HEC-SSP and Excel

Make a flow chart

  • Get data
  • Why are you using a POT rather than a block maxima approach?
  • Truncate time series if needed
  • Develop PDS
    • Filtering
    • How to initially estimate a threshold
    • How to use physical indicators for a reasonable threshold for flow
    • Diagnostic plots
  • General tab options
    • Truncate time window
    • Annualization
    • Probabilities
    • To log or not log (i.e. is your parameter flow?)
  • Apples to apples
    • Daily to instantaneous