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Using a spreadsheet you have written, perform an annual minima analysis on the data for...

Using a spreadsheet you have written, perform an annual minima analysis on the data for the Clear Fork Trinity River at Fort Worth, TX, given on page 2-42. Plot the data on Gumbel paper and determine the minimum monthly discharge for the mean annual drought. If the demand is 0.021 m3/s, will storage be required if the regulatory agency will allow a withdrawal of 3%?

Page 2-42

Clear Fork Trinity River at Fort Worth, TX
Mean monthly discharge (m3/s)

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

1940

0.00

5.63

15.4

1941

4.59

23.8

7.5

6.91

10.2

17

2.07

2.29

0.2

1.71

0.631

0.926

1942

0.697

0.595

0.614

58.93

24.1

9.09

0.844

0.714

1.21

10

2.38

1.87

1943

1.33

1

3.99

3.71

8.38

3.77

0.14

0.00

1.33

0.014

0.00

0.139

1944

0.311

4.93

2.83

2.25

13.3

1.68

0.21

0.609

4.11

0.985

0.515

1.47

1945

3.06

30.38

35.23

28.85

5.69

21.7

2.14

0.23

0.162

0.971

0.617

0.541

1946

1.88

5.75

3.54

1.89

6.57

5.86

0.153

1.45

4.02

0.906

12.2

10.3

1947

4.64

2.62

4.87

5.13

2.27

4.25

0.292

0.054

0.535

0.371

0.331

3.51

1948

3.99

16.9

9.06

1.91

2.64

1.11

1.22

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.003

1949

0.309

4.19

9.94

4.16

55.21

11.1

1.38

0.45

0.447

4.53

0.711

0.614

1950

3.28

14.7

3.26

12.7

15.1

2.5

3.6

2.44

10.6

1.12

0.711

0.801

1951

0.708

0.994

0.719

0.527

1.37

6.2

0.98

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.006

0.09

1952

0.175

0.413

0.297

1.93

3.65

0.21

0.003

0.029

0.007

0.00

0.368

0.167

1953

0.099

0.08

0.134

0.671

0.934

0.008

0.286

0.249

0.041

0.546

0.182

0.066

1954

0.108

0.092

0.114

0.088

0.278

0.017

0.021

0.015

0.008

0.047

0.024

0.063

1955

0.091

0.153

0.317

0.145

0.464

0.64

0.049

0.05

0.119

0.104

0.055

0.058

1956

0.069

0.218

0.026

0.306

1.35

0.3

0.026

0.019

0.029

0.266

0.03

0.17

1957

0.065

0.3

0.385

12.8

23.6

59.9

6.97

1.36

0.501

0.476

0.855

1.55

1958

1.65

1.61

4.59

5.69

28.1

0.589

0.524

0.456

0.549

0.572

0.49

0.566

1959

0.759

0.776

0.12

0.261

0.097

0.685

0.379

0.668

0.473

9.03

1.64

3.65

1960

11.8

4.45

3.26

1.42

0.631

0.379

0.66

0.566

0.467

0.498

0.241

0.648

1961

2.05

1.92

3.4

1.02

0.306

2.34

0.821

0.816

1.08

0.824

0.297

0.504

1962

0.311

2.03

0.467

0.759

0.459

0.236

0.745

1.41

6.94

1.31

0.405

0.767

1963

0.345

0.268

0.379

1.74

3.79

1.48

0.527

0.586

0.331

0.277

0.249

0.266

1964

0.416

0.266

1.16

0.813

1.02

0.374

0.535

0.963

3.96

0.351

1.47

0.886

1965

2.13

14.6

4.16

2.28

20.5

2.45

1.22

0.821

0.776

0.394

0.476

0.213

1966

0.169

0.354

0.462

6.4

23.1

18.5

5.32

0.951

0.294

1.37

0.15

0.134

1967

0.244

0.244

0.198

0.688

1.04

3.65

0.354

0.068

0.697

0.473

0.394

0.558

1968

1.64

3.85

23.2

1.89

15.7

6.12

0.583

0.144

0.22

0.419

0.396

0.206

1969

0.259

0.555

2.66

12.1

21.2

0.745

0.674

0.3

1.56

0.917

0.459

1.94

1970

5.78

6.37

27

3.31

15

1.03

0.521

0.697

1.23

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