A study on the probability distribution of daily rainfall amounts in western Orissa

International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Mangaraj, A K ^a   Sahoo, L N ^b  

^a Department of Statistics   (India)

^b UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; Gamma distribution; Goodness of fit; Inverse gaussian distribution; Log normal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049336213     PISSN: 09731903     EISSN: 09763392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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