Estimation of parameters characterizing frequency distributions of times between storms

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-343

  Bonta, James V ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Short time increment precipitation; Storm generation; Storm simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

STORM SIMULATION;

STORMS;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SIMULATION; STORM;

EID: 0037932457     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Bonta, J. V. 1997. Proposed use of Huff curves for hyetograph characterization, 111-124. In Proc. Workshop on Climate and Weather Researc. C. W. Richardson et al., eds. 17-19 July 1995. USDA-ARS 1996-03. Washington, D.C.: USDA Agricultural Research Service.
2. _. 1998. Generation of storm occurrence, depth, and duration. ASAE Paper No. 982023. Presented at ASAE Meeting, 12-16 July 1998. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE.
3. _. 2001a. Development of a new storm generator model and associated precipitation studies. Paper No. J2.12 in Proc. 12th Symposium on Global Change Climage Variations. Albuquerque, N.M. 14-19 Jan. Boston, Mass.: American Meteorological Society.
4. _. 2001b. Characterizing and estimating spatial and temporal variability of times between storms. Trans. ASAE 44(6): 1593-1601.
5. Bonta, J. V., and A. R. Rao. 1988. Factors affecting the identification of independent storm events. J. Hydrology 98: 275-293.
6. _. 1992. Estimating peak flows from small agricultural watersheds. J. Irrigation and Drainage Eng. 118(1): 122-137.
7. Bonta, J. V., C. Hanson, and T. Keefer. 2001. Analysis of seasonal, climate, and elevation effects on times between storms. Paper No. J2.4 in Proc. 12th Symposium on Global Change Climage Variations. Albuquerque, N.M. 14-19 Jan. Boston, Mass.: American Meteorological Society.
8. Daly, G. H., W. P. Gibson, G. H. Taylor, G. L. Johnson, and P. A. Pasteris. 2002. A knowledge-based approach to the statistical mapping of climate. Climate Research 22: 99-113.
9. Grace, R. A., and P. S. Eagleson. 1966. The synthesis of short-time increment rainfall sequences. Hydrodynamics Lab. Report No. 91. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, School Civil Engineering.
10. Huff, F. A. 1967. Time distribution of rainfall in heavy storms. Water Resources Research 3(4): 1007-1019.
11. NRCS. 1998a. PRISM climate mapping project: Precipitation, Central region, Annual and monthly coverages. CD-ROM. Portland, Ore.: USDA-NRCS National Water and Climate Center.
12. _. 1998b. PRISM climate mapping project: Precipitation, West region, Annual and monthly coverages. CD-ROM. Portland, Ore.: USDA-NRCS National Water and Climate Center.
13. Rao, A. R., and B. T. Chenchayya. 1974. Probabilistic analysis and simulation of the short-time-increment rainfall process. Technical Report No. 55. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University, Water Resources Research Center.
14. Restrepo, P. J., and P. S. Eagleson. 1982. Identification of independent rainstorms. J. Hydrology 55: 303-319.
15. Sariahmed, A., and C. C. Kisiel. 1968. Synthesis of sequences of summer thunderstorms volumes for the Atterbury Watershed in the Tucson Area. In Proc. IAHS Symp.: Use of Analog Digital Computers in Hydrology 2: 439-447. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: International Association of Hydrological Sciences.
16. SAS. 1999. Statistical Analysis System, version 8. Cary, N.C.: SAS Institute, Inc.
17. Sifalda, V. 1973. Entwicklung eines Berechnungsregens für die Bemessung von Kanalnetzen. Wasser Abwasser 114(H.9): 435-440.
18. Wenzel, H. G., and M. L. Voorhees. 1981. An evaluation of the urban design storm concept. UILU-WRC-81-0164, Research Report No. 164. Urbana-Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois, Water Resources Center.
19. Yen, B. C., and V. T. Chow. 1980. Design hyetographs for small drainage-structures. J. Hydraul. Div. 106(HY 6): 1055-1076.