The Construction of a Probability Distribution for Rainfall on a Watershed by Simulation
| dc.contributor.author | Williamson, Gary | |
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Donald Ross | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-29T14:56:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-29T14:56:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1972-05-06 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0272-6106 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/300258 | |
| dc.description | From the Proceedings of the 1972 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona Academy of Science - May 5-6, 1972, Prescott, Arizona | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A raingage reading is a sample from the point rainfall population of an area. The actual average rainfall on the area (watershed) is a conditional probability distribution. For the case of thunderstorm rainfall this distribution is simulated by looking at all storms that could have produced the raingage reading. The likelihood of each storm is a function of its center depth. The amount of rain dumped on the watershed by each storm is weighted by the likelihood of its occurence and the totality of such calculations is used to produce a probability distribution of rainfall on the watershed. Examples are given to illustrate the versatility of the program and its possible use in decision analysis. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright ©, where appropriate, is held by the author. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydrology -- Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resources development -- Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydrology -- Southwestern states. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resources development -- Southwestern states. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Probability | en_US |
| dc.subject | Distribution patterns | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rainfall | en_US |
| dc.subject | Simulation analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Model studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Watersheds (basins) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rain gages | en_US |
| dc.subject | Storms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Density | en_US |
| dc.title | The Construction of a Probability Distribution for Rainfall on a Watershed by Simulation | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.type | Proceedings | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Systems & Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.journal | Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest | en_US |
| dc.description.collectioninformation | This article is part of the Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest collections. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science and the University of Arizona Libraries. For more information about items in this collection, contact anashydrology@gmail.com. | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-05-18T00:17:45Z | |
| html.description.abstract | A raingage reading is a sample from the point rainfall population of an area. The actual average rainfall on the area (watershed) is a conditional probability distribution. For the case of thunderstorm rainfall this distribution is simulated by looking at all storms that could have produced the raingage reading. The likelihood of each storm is a function of its center depth. The amount of rain dumped on the watershed by each storm is weighted by the likelihood of its occurence and the totality of such calculations is used to produce a probability distribution of rainfall on the watershed. Examples are given to illustrate the versatility of the program and its possible use in decision analysis. |
