Best fitting probability distributions for annual maximum discharge data of the river Kopili, Assam

Journal Title: Journal of Applied and Natural Science - Year 2009, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

In this study our main objective is to determine the best fitting probability distribution for annual maximum flood discharge data of river Kopili, Assam. Various probability distributions i.e. Gumbel (G), generalized extreme value (GEV), normal (N), log-normal (LN3), generalized logistic (GLO), generalized pareto (GPA) and Pearson type-III (PE3) have been used for our study. The L-moments methods have been used for estimating the parameters of all the distributions. The root mean square error (RMSE), model efficiency and D-index (fit in the top six values) together with L-moment ratio diagram is used for goodness of fit measure. It has been observed that Generalized Pareto is the best fitting probability distribution for annual maximum discharge data of river Kopili.

Authors and Affiliations

Abhijit Bhuyan, Munindra Borah

Keywords

Related Articles

Efficacy of essential oils against Varroa destructor infesting Apis mellifera Linn. colonies and their impact on brood development

Varroa destructor is a dangerous pest directly for beekeeping and indirectly for crops that require insect pollination. The present investigation has been carried out to study the efficacy and persistence of some essenti...

Physico-chemical and phytoplanktonic characteristics of river Tons at Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India

The physico-chemical and phytoplankton characteristics of the Tons River were analyzed during August 2011-July 2012. The samples were collected from Garhi Cant (Site 1) and Tapkeshwar temple (Site 2) at Dehradun. The res...

Isolation and characterization of insoluble inorganic phosphate solubilizer rice rhizosphere strain Enterobacter cloacae BAU3

The objective of the present study was to isolate and characterize most efficient phos-phate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) from rice rhizosphere. The study was carried out during the Kharif season’2018 at Department of Soi...

Molecular characterization of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes using sequence tagged microsatellite site (STMS) markers

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) commonly also known as gram, Chana, Bengal gram and Garbanzo beans is the second most important pulse crop of the world mainly grown in arid and semi-arid regions. Assessment of genetic vari...

Chemical weed management in Brassica rapa var. yellow sarson

Field experiments were conducted for three years at Pulses and Oilseeds Research Station, Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India during rabi 2008, 2009 and 2010 to develop an efficient chemical weed management pract...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP88243
  • DOI -
  • Views 120
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Abhijit Bhuyan, Munindra Borah (2009). Best fitting probability distributions for annual maximum discharge data of the river Kopili, Assam. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 1(1), 50-52. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-88243