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An application of chain-dependent processes to meteorology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Richard W. Katz
Richard W. Katz*
Affiliation:
National Center for Atmospheric Research*, Boulder, Colorado
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Abstract

An explicit formula is derived for the variance normalizing constant in the central limit theorem for chain-dependent processes. As an application to meteorology, a specific chain-dependent process is proposed as a probabilistic model for the sequence of daily amounts of precipitation. This model is a generalization of the commonly used Markov chain model for the occurrence of precipitation.

Keywords

CHAIN-DEPENDENT PROCESSMARKOV CHAINPROBABILITY MODELMETEOROLOGY
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 1977 , pp. 598 - 603
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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