recurrence interval in a sentence

Examples

1. For the largest recorded flood at any specific location, or any potentially larger event, the recurrence interval always is poorly known.
2. During a time of flooding, news accounts necessarily simplify the story by reporting the greatest damage and largest recurrence interval estimated at any location.
3. By studying evidence of past quakes and closely monitoring ground motion and current earthquake activity, scientists attempt to understand their causes and recurrence intervals.
4. A projection can then be made by extending the line beyond the points and then reading the appropriate discharge for the recurrence interval in question.
5. The recurrence interval of a storm is rarely identical to that of an associated riverine flood, because of rainfall timing and location variations among different drainage basins.
6. The 1972 flooding has an estimated recurrence interval of 500 years, which means that a flood of this magnitude will occur on average once every 500 years.
7. The length of Late Quaternary cycles varied between 80, 000 and 120, 000 years, with an average recurrence interval of about 100, 000 years.
8. A series of annual maximum flow rates in a stream reach can be analyzed indirect estimation of flood recurrence intervals for stream reaches without sufficient data for direct analysis.
9. The 1988 Working Group defined the segment as two parallel strands, the Superstition Hills and Superstition Mountain faults, though no slip rate or recurrence interval was known.
10. On May 14, 1970 the local area was subjected to a significant flood on the Deep River which was assessed as having a greater than 50 year recurrence interval.