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Probability Modeling of Precipitation Extremes over Two River Basins in Northwest of China
Joint Authors
Li, Zhanjie
Li, Zhanling
Zhao, Wei
Wang, Yuehua
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper is focused on the probability modeling with a range of distribution models over two inland river basins in China, together with the estimations of return levels on various return periods.
Both annual and seasonal maximum precipitations (MP) are investigated based on daily precipitation data at 13 stations from 1960 to 2010 in Heihe River and Shiyang River basins.
Results show that GEV, Burr, and Weibull distributions provide the best fit to both annual and seasonal MP.
Exponential and Pareto 2 distributions show the worst fit.
The estimated return levels for spring MP show decreasing trends from the upper to the middle and then to the lower reaches totally speaking.
Summer MP approximates to annual MP both in the quantity and in the spatial distributions.
Autumn MP shows a little higher value in the estimated return levels than Spring MP, while keeping consistent with spring MP in the spatial distribution.
It is also found that the estimated return levels for annual MP derived from various distributions differ by 22%, 36%, and 53% on average at 20-year, 50-year, and 100-year return periods, respectively.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Li, Zhanling& Li, Zhanjie& Zhao, Wei& Wang, Yuehua. 2015. Probability Modeling of Precipitation Extremes over Two River Basins in Northwest of China. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052712
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Li, Zhanling…[et al.]. Probability Modeling of Precipitation Extremes over Two River Basins in Northwest of China. Advances in Meteorology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052712
American Medical Association (AMA)
Li, Zhanling& Li, Zhanjie& Zhao, Wei& Wang, Yuehua. Probability Modeling of Precipitation Extremes over Two River Basins in Northwest of China. Advances in Meteorology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052712
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1052712