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Rainfall Statistics: An Interactive Approach to Analysing Rainfall Records for Agricultural Purposes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. C. Hills  and
J. H. T. Morgan
R. C. Hills
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
J. H. T. Morgan
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Summary

A continuous daily rainfall record provides much information for agriculturalists but initial questions are imprecise and are modified in the light of experience. In order to match this uncertainty the program ‘Rainfall Statistics’ is designed as a simple interactive procedure for studying quantity probabilities, dry spell frequencies and a simple soil-moisture budget. The program has various functions depending upon user requirements. Use of the program is illustrated with rainfall records from northern Thailand.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 1 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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