AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL WITH ELEVATION FOR SELECTED STATIONS IN ECUADOR.
Abstract
This study is addressed to an investigation of the rainfall-elevation relationship in Ecuador. A brief review of three factors, ocean currents, mountains, and wind systems, affecting the rainfall is presented. The basic data for this study is the mean annual rainfall and the station elevation. The mean annual rainfall was calculated for all stations having four or more years of complete data. Ecuador was divided into similar rainfall zones and the characteristic rainfall pattern for each zone is discussed. By use of cross sections, a profile of elevation and mean annual rainfall across the country from west to east is presented to depict the rainfallelevation relationship. Finally, an attempt is made by the method of simple linear regression, to relate rainfall with elevation. This relation proved to be unsatisfactory so the orthogonal polynomial method is tried. A better relationship was obtained by this method. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0615582
Entities
People
- Glenn B. Rumley Jr.
Organizations
- Texas A&M University