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The nth Root Normal Distribution of Precipitation
Author(s) -
Stidd Charles K.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr006i004p01095
Subject(s) - precipitation , skewness , root (linguistics) , normal distribution , distribution (mathematics) , series (stratigraphy) , mathematics , kurtosis , environmental science , statistics , geology , meteorology , mathematical analysis , physics , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy
A computer generated ‘stationary time series’ has been modified by processes analogous to those that produce precipitation. The resulting numbers have the distributional characteristics of precipitation data. A quantitative explanation is thereby obtained for the skewness in precipitation distributions and the nth root normal distribution is verified.