The bias and error in moment estimators for parameters of drop size distribution functions: Sampling from gamma distributions

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2118-2126

  Smith, Paul L ^a   Kliche, Donna V ^a   Johnson, Roger W ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS PROBLEMS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HIGH-ORDER; HIGHER ORDER; M-ESTIMATORS; MOMENT ESTIMATOR; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE SIZES; SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SIMULATION RESULT; YIELD PARAMETERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKEWNESS;

EID: 77649091599     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2114.1     Document Type: Article

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