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<br />. precipitation, rainfall losses, and flood routing. PMP/PMF estimates are based on transposition and
<br />theoretical maximization of distance extreme storms for which there is no supporting rainfall, streamflow, or
<br />paleoflood data in ~ basin investigated in northwestern Colorado, Paleoflood estimates for mountain
<br />rivers have uncertainties of about 25 percent given the HWM-PSI relations developed in 1995. New
<br />insight of the hydrometeorology of flooding gained from interdisciplinary paleoflood investigations improves
<br />flood-frequency relations by providing data on the magnitude and ages of maximum floods. Inferences
<br />about maximum precipitation characteristics can then be made from paleoflood data. These results provide
<br />infoflllation that can be used by dam-safety engineers and managers to help make a risk-based approach
<br />for hydrologic aspects of dam safety,
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