The best probability models for dry and wet spells in Peninsular Malaysia during monsoon seasons

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1194-1205

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

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Akaike's information criteria; Best probability models; Dry and wet spells; Geometric distribution; Log series distribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PLANNING; APPROPRIATE MODELS; BEST MODEL; DRY AND WET; GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; GOODNESS OF FIT; INFORMATION CRITERION; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV; MALAYSIA; MONSOON SEASON; PROBABILITY MODELS; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; THREE PARAMETERS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CURING; GEOMETRY; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; RAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 77954380960     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1972     Document Type: Article

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