Some Models for Visibility.

Abstract

Models for predicting the climatological probability of visibility less than a given number of miles at a given time and for twenty two diverse locations are developed. The two parameter Weibull distribution is used. The first models require the two parameter values for each month and three hour periods of the day (96 sets of two parameters) for each station. The second models are general models, and for each station the two parameters are polynomial functions of the month and time of day. Estimates of the amount of error to be expected when using the models are given. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1979
Accession Number
ADA075490

Entities

People

  • Paul N. Somerville
  • Sherrill Falls
  • Steven J. Bean

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Coefficients
  • Data Processing
  • Distribution Functions
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical Integration
  • Polynomials
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Security
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • Visibility

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference