Maximum likelihood estimation of gamma parameters for coarsely binned and truncated raindrop size data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 681, 2014, Pages 1245-1256

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

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

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

Author keywords

Binned data; Gamma distribution; Maximum likelihood estimation; Method of moments; Raindrop fall velocity; Raindrop size distribution; Truncated data

Indexed keywords

DROPS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BINNED DATA; FALL VELOCITIES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRUNCATED DATA;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84902296180     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2209     Document Type: Article

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