Mixed log series geometric distribution for sequences of dry days

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-243

  Deni, Sayang Mohd ^a   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Daily rainfall occurrence; Dry spells; Geometric distribution; Log series distribution; Mixture probability model

Indexed keywords

CURING; DROUGHT; MIXTURES;

20TH CENTURIES; APPROPRIATE MODELS; BEST FITS; DAILY RAINFALL OCCURRENCE; DATA GENERATIONS; DATA SETS; DRY SPELLS; GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTS; LOG SERIES DISTRIBUTION; MALAYSIA; OCCURRENCE MODELS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; RAINFALL EVENTS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA SET; GEOMETRY; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 60549117080     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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