Proceedings of the 2012 2nd International Conference on Computer and Information Application (ICCIA 2012)

Statistical Modelling of Extreme Rainfall in Taiwan

Authors
Michael McAleer, Lanfen Chu
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Michael McAleer
Available Online May 2014.
DOI
10.2991/iccia.2012.345How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Extreme Value Theory, Extreme Rainfall, Return Level, Typhoon Morakot
Abstract

In this study, the annual maximum daily rainfall from 1911 to 2010 are modeled for 6 stations in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Hengchun, Hualien, and Taitung. We fit the rainfall data both with stationary and non-stationary generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution, and further estimated future patterns based on the best fitted model. The non-stationary model used the location and scale parameter in the GEV distribution as a function of time to detect the temporal trend of the maximum rainfall. The results suggest that non-stationary GEV and Gumbel distribution provide best fit for Haulien and Taitung, respectively. The return levels of the stationary models for 4 stations and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) are provided. In addition, the return period of Typhoon Morakotis also calculated based on stationary models in this study.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2012 2nd International Conference on Computer and Information Application (ICCIA 2012)
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
May 2014
ISBN
978-94-91216-41-1
ISSN
1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/iccia.2012.345How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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