ShinyCFA is currently available at: https://nickrongkp.shinyapps.io/ShinyCFA/ Please note that it is hosted with low limit data plan and be conservative with your usage (i.e. close the tab/browser when not using the app), thank you.
This app allows the user to enter a Water Survey of Canada (WSC) station ID and access streamflow data from the Hydat Database. The data can be summarized in tabular or graphical formats and flood frequency analysis (FFA) can also be performed using a variety of distributions.
The functionality to extract data from the Hydat Database in this app is provided by the tidyhydat package.
Currently the app allows the user to:
- View the locations of Water Survey of Canada (WSC) hydrometric stations (non-searchable map)
- Select a hydrometric station and summarize streamflow data in a table format (daily, monthly, yearly) and download the summarized data
- View a hydrometric station historical daily hydrograph in an interactive graph
- View a hydrometric station hydrological regime
- Run a Flood Frequency Analysis on the annual daily or instantaneous maximum streamflow series using various distributions
The frequency distribution(s) are fitted using L-moments method from R package lmom by J. R. M. Hosking. L-moments of the sample data are calculated and distribution parameters are then estimated from the calculated L-moments.
Return periods of annual maximum discharge are calculated using the Weibull formula: Tr = (N+1) / m where N is the sample size and m is the rank. Probability of Non-exceedance is the inverse of return period: P = 1 / Tr. The frequency distribution plot x-axis has been transformed into probabilistic scale: η = −log(−log(P)) = −log[−log(1 − 1/Tr)] where η is the reduced variate.
Further readings:
- Hosking, J., & Wallis, J. (1997). Regional Frequency Analysis: An Approach Based on L-Moments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511529443
- Makkonen, L. (2006). Plotting Positions in Extreme Value Analysis, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45(2), 334-340. doi:10.1175/JAM2349.1
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