HARNESSING PHOTOGRAMMETRY FOR WHITEWATER SLALOM COURSES IN NATURAL RIVERBEDS: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR COURSE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

A new extension of the generalized extreme value distribution, namely the dual gamma generalized extreme value distribution developed by Nascimento, Bourguignony, and Leão (2016), displays superior performance in fitting most samples and is sensitive to trends, especially under non-stationary conditions such as climate change.

Probability distributions are used to estimate floods. The series that are observed and analyzed are not always independent. In situations where various processes generate rainfall and floods in river basins, the use of mixed distributions is recommended. However, as an alternative, we propose the dual gamma generalized extreme value distribution developed by Nascimento, Bourguignony and Leão (2016).