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A Model for Thunderstorm Activity: Use of the Compound Negative Binomial‐Positive Binomial Distribution
Author(s) -
Carter Michael C.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2346492
Subject(s) - negative binomial distribution , negative multinomial distribution , beta binomial distribution , binomial distribution , binomial (polynomial) , count data , mathematics , beta negative binomial distribution , statistics , continuity correction , multinomial distribution , econometrics , poisson distribution
Summary A probability model for the number of thunderstorms occurring within a thunderstorm event (one or more thunderstorms) is presented. The model is applied to data gathered during the summer months at Cape Kennedy.
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