A statistical analysis of daily and weekly rainfall for the Monterey Peninsula, in Central California.

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Kirca, Davut
Date
1981-09Advisor
Gaver, Donald P.
Second Reader
Jacobs, Peter A.
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This thesis presents a preliminary statistical analysis
of the daily and weekly rainfall for the Monterey Peninsula,
in central California. The analysis begins by examining
the daily rainfall data, also the relationship among the
length of the storms, amount of rainfall in the storms and
length of the successive days of rain. Also included is a
study of the distribution of the amount of rainfall in the
storms. Also study of the distribution was carried out for
non-zero weekly rainfalls. 4x4 contingency tables are used
to identify dependence/independence among the weeks in a
given month. Also, 2x2 contingency tables are used to
examine dependencies between weekly rainfalls; logistic
analysis is used as a parametric model for dependence.
This paper attempts to analyze rainfall data in the
statistical sense. No attempt is made to provide a physical
explanation of the findings from the point of view of a
meteorologist.
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