Analysis of extraordinary flood events. U.S.-China bilateral symposium

The symposium took place in Nanjing on 15-19 October 1985 and this volume contains 29 of the 52 papers presented, most of the authors coming either from China or the USA. The articles are organized into three major topics: 1) detection of historical floods and evaluation of the uncertainties in their peak discharges and times of occurrence; 2) frequency analysis and design flood determination in the presence of extraordinary floods and historic floods; 3) use of storm data in determining design storms and design floods. -M.A.Bass