Confidence intervals for the common coefficient of variation of rainfall in Thailand.

Climate sciences and hydrology Coefficient of variation Common coefficient of variation Dispersion of rainfall Lognormal distribution

Journal

PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 17 02 2020
accepted: 30 08 2020
entrez: 2 10 2020
pubmed: 3 10 2020
medline: 3 10 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The log-normal distribution is often used to analyze environmental data like daily rainfall amounts. The rainfall is of interest in Thailand because high variable climates can lead to periodic water stress and scarcity. The mean, standard deviation or coefficient of variation of the rainfall in the area is usually estimated. The climate moisture index is the ratio of plant water demand to precipitation. The climate moisture index should use the coefficient of variation instead of the standard deviation for comparison between areas with widely different means. The larger coefficient of variation indicates greater dispersion, whereas the lower coefficient of variation indicates the lower risk. The common coefficient of variation, is the weighted coefficients of variation based on

Identifiants

pubmed: 33005493
doi: 10.7717/peerj.10004
pii: 10004
pmc: PMC7513754
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e10004

Informations de copyright

©2020 Thangjai et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Warisa Thangjai (W)

Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Sa-Aat Niwitpong (SA)

Department of Applied Statistics, Faculty of Applied Science, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangok, Bangkok, Thailand.

Suparat Niwitpong (S)

Department of Applied Statistics, Faculty of Applied Science, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangok, Bangkok, Thailand.

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