A MARKOV CHAIN MODEL FOR THE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRENCE IN INTERVALS OF VARIOUS LENGTH

1 June 1963

journal article
Published by American Meteorological Society in Monthly Weather Review

Vol. 91 (6), 298-301
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1963)091<0298:amcmft>2.3.co;2

Abstract

Theoretical probabilities derived from a simple Markov chain model are found to agree closely with the empirical values of the probability of precipitation occurrence in intervals of various length at Denver, Colo.

Keywords

VARIOUS LENGTH
PRECIPITATION OCCURRENCE
INTERVALS
PROBABILITY
MARKOV CHAIN MODEL

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