Some Models for Rainfall.

Abstract

Models are given both for the probability of daily precipitation and for the probability of an 'Extreme Value' for daily precipitation during a given month for each of ten widely distributed stations. Two sets of models are given in each case. Each model in the first set is valid only for a specific month. THe models in the second set are applicable to any month of the year. A measure of goodness is given. For daily precipitation, the models are the lognormal and the modified kappa. For extreme values of daily precipitation, the 'Extreme Value' model is used. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062457

Entities

People

  • Paul N. Somerville
  • Richard Daley
  • Sharon Watkins

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Errors
  • Exponential Functions
  • Information Science
  • Normal Distribution
  • Precipitation
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Rain
  • Rainfall
  • Random Variables
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Statistical inference.