Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods

The Korean Statistical Society (한국통계학회)
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Use of beta-P distribution for modeling hydrologic events

  • Murshed, Md. Sharwar (School of Science and Engineering at Rajshahi Science and Technology University) ;
  • Seo, Yun Am (Applied Meteorology Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Science) ;
  • Park, Jeong-Soo (Department of Statistics, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Youngsaeng (Department of Statistics, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2017.01.18
  • Accepted : 2017.08.21
  • Published : 2018.01.31
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Abstract

Parametric method of flood frequency analysis involves fitting of a probability distribution to observed flood data. When record length at a given site is relatively shorter and hard to apply the asymptotic theory, an alternative distribution to the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution is often used. In this study, we consider the beta-P distribution (BPD) as an alternative to the GEV and other well-known distributions for modeling extreme events of small or moderate samples as well as highly skewed or heavy tailed data. The L-moments ratio diagram shows that special cases of the BPD include the generalized logistic, three-parameter log-normal, and GEV distributions. To estimate the parameters in the distribution, the method of moments, L-moments, and maximum likelihood estimation methods are considered. A Monte-Carlo study is then conducted to compare these three estimation methods. Our result suggests that the L-moments estimator works better than the other estimators for this model of small or moderate samples. Two applications to the annual maximum stream flow of Colorado and the rainfall data from cloud seeding experiments in Southern Florida are reported to show the usefulness of the BPD for modeling hydrologic events. In these examples, BPD turns out to work better than $beta-{\kappa}$, Gumbel, and GEV distributions.

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