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A Model for the Occurrence of North Winds at Kingston, Jamaica
Author(s) -
Ali Zaffar
Publication year - 1974
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 - 10.2307/2347048
Subject(s) - probabilistic logic , climatology , geography , statistical model , simple (philosophy) , meteorology , stochastic modelling , econometrics , environmental science , statistics , mathematics , geology , philosophy , epistemology
Summary A simple stochastic model is shown to fit available data on the occurrence of north winds days at Kingston, Jamaica. Other properties of the model are also found to be consistent with the data. Finally, a probabilistic characterization of the length of the season is proposed.