Simulation of the Kenyan longest dry and wet spells and the largest rain-sums using a Markov model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 55-67

  Sharma, T C ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DRY SPELL; KENYA; RAIN SUMS; RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS; WET SPELL;

RAIN;

PRECIPITATION; RAIN SUM; RAINFALL MODEL;

KENYA, KABETE; KENYA, KIBWEZI;

EID: 0030117060     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02827-7     Document Type: Article

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