Probability of hourly maximum rainfall in Campinas - state of São Paulo - Brasil

Authors

  • Maria Helena de Almeida Mello Instituto Agronômico de Campinas; Seção de Climatologia Agrícola
  • Hennano Vaz Arruda Instituto Agronômico de Campinas; Seção de Climatologia Agrícola
  • Altino Aldo Ortolani Instituto Agronômico de Campinas; Seção de Climatologia Agrícola

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/0100-929X.19940006

Abstract

This paper deals with the fit of gamma, Erlang, lognormal and extreme value distributions to empirical frequency distributions of hourly maximum rainfall for summer months, including the normal for an annual sample. As a result are also presented the annual and summer months climatic behaviour for Campinas - state of São Paulo, Brasil

Published

1994-12-01

Issue

Section

RIG050