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Prediction of Precipitation Rate Based on Stationary Extreme Value Theory

Received: 23 September 2021     Accepted: 25 October 2021     Published: 30 October 2021
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For the determination of the effectiveness of weather forecasts such as temperature or flooding forecast, the single variable linear regression or simple exponential smoothing will not be an effective way. To accurately predict the effectiveness of such a trend, iterative and statistical methods that can determine the status of temperature or flooding in the United States were chosen in this paper. The task of modeling the pattern in a focused period and performing data analysis was performed. For the analysis, the extreme value theory was used to assess extreme events within probability distributions by quantifying tail behavior. The python tools are utilized for the analysis of big data. By analyzing the maximum values of samples, it was possible to determine probabilities for extreme events. A comparison was made with events previously observed and analyzed for authenticity. As evident in our observations, lower values of data have much shorter return periods. In other words, they are more likely to reoccur; however, as the values increase for higher precipitation values, the length of the return periods increase exponentially. Therefore, there is a tendency for precipitation values to remain in lower ranges. In this paper, the USGS geographical information and Gumbel distribution were used to find the return period corresponding to the exceedance probability. The Gumbel distribution is applied to Allegheny River, New York and Whetstone River, San Diego.

Published in American Journal of Applied Mathematics (Volume 9, Issue 5)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajam.20210905.13
Page(s) 186-191
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Keywords

The Extreme Value Theory, Flooding Forecast, Precipitation

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