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Modelling of Indian summer monsoon rainfall using a four‐parameter Kappa distribution
Author(s) -
Parida B.P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199910)19:12<1389::aid-joc435>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - climatology , kappa , monsoon , environmental science , distribution (mathematics) , mathematics , geology , mathematical analysis , geometry
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. Dev., 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. Copyright © 1999 Royal Meteorological Society