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Modelling of Indian summer monsoon rainfall using a four-parameter Kappa distribution

✍ Scribed by Parida, B.P.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 143 KB
Volume: 19
Category: Article
ISSN: 0899-8418
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199910)19:12<1389::aid-joc435>3.0.co;2-t

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✦ Synopsis

In attempting to model the random behaviour of the Indian summer monsoon, the possibility of using a generalized four-parameter Kappa distribution representing a family of distributions has been explored. An L-Moment procedure developed by Hosking (1994) IBM J. Res. De6., 38(3), 251 -258, has been used for estimation of reliable rainfall quantiles. Using these estimates, isopluvial maps have been developed for some commonly used recurrence intervals (viz. 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 years) which can be used by operational hydro-meteorologists.