Estimation of probable maximum precipitations with 24 hours or 30 minutes of duration the case of the brazilian cerrados

Authors

  • Eduardo Delgado Assad "Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa Tecnológica em Informática para a Agricultura.
  • Ryo Masumoto
  • Maria Leonor Lopes Assad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1992.v27.3698

Keywords:

daily maximum pluvial precipitation, rain intensity, pluviometric isozones, pluviography

Abstract

Daily maximum precipitation for five years of return period was evaluated by using historic series of 20 years of daily precipitation. This evaluation was performed with Gumbel and Weibull distribution function from 100 pluviometric stations of the cerrado region. The rain intensity for 24 hours and for 30 minutes was also estimated by indirect method (Isozones) for the period from October to March.

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Published

1992-05-01

How to Cite

Assad, E. D., Masumoto, R., & Assad, M. L. L. (1992). Estimation of probable maximum precipitations with 24 hours or 30 minutes of duration the case of the brazilian cerrados. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 27(5), 677–686. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1992.v27.3698

Issue

v.27, n.5, maio 1992

Section

CLIMATOLOGY