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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2017.19.1.27

Estimation of Markov Chain and Gamma Distribution Parameters for Generation of Daily Precipitation Data from Monthly Data  

Moon, Kyung Hwan (Research Institute of Climate Change & Agriculture, NIHHS)
Song, Eun Young (Research Institute of Climate Change & Agriculture, NIHHS)
Son, In Chang (Research Institute of Climate Change & Agriculture, NIHHS)
Wi, Seung Hwan (Research Institute of Climate Change & Agriculture, NIHHS)
Oh, Soonja (Research Institute of Climate Change & Agriculture, NIHHS)
Hyun, Hae Nam (College of Applied Life Science, Jeju National University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.19, no.1, 2017 , pp. 27-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research was to elucidate the generation method of daily precipitation data from monthly data. We applied a combined method of Markov chain and gamma distribution function using 4 specific parameters of ${\alpha}$, ${\beta}$, p(W/W) and p(W/D) for generation of daily rainfall data using daily precipitation data for the past 30 years which were collected from the country's 23 meteorological offices. Four parameters, applied to use for the combination method, were calculated by maximum likelihood method in location of 23 sites. There are high correlations of 0.99, 0.98 and 0.98 in rainfall days, rainfall probability and mean amount of daily rainfall between measured and simulated data in case of those parameters. In case of using parameters estimated from monthly precipitation, correlation coefficients in rainfall days, rainfall probability and mean amount of daily rainfall are 0.84, 0.83 and 0.96, respectively. We concluded that a combination method with parameter estimation from monthly precipitation data can be applied, in practical purpose such as assessment of climate change in agriculture and water resources, to get daily precipitation data in Korea.
Keywords
Weather generation; Gamma distribution function; Markov chain; Parameter estimation;
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