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Abstract
The daily rainfall data of 39 years (1973-2011) were analyzed to determine the annual one day maximum rainfall of Jhalarapatan
area of Rajasthan, India. The observed values were estimated by Weibull's plotting position and expected values were
estimated by four well known probability distribution functions viz., normal, log-normal, log-Pearson type-III and Gumbel.
The expected values were compared with the observed values and goodness of fit were determined by chi-square (2) test.
The results showed that the log-Pearson type-III distribution was the best fit probability distribution to forecast annual one
day maximum rainfall for different return periods. Based on the best fit probability distribution, the minimum rainfall of 44.74
mm in a day can be expected to occur with 99 per cent probability and one year return period and maximum of 252.98 mm
rainfall can be received with one per cent probability and 100 year return period. The results of this study would be useful for
agricultural scientists, decision makers, policy planners and researchers for agricultural development and constructions of
small soil and water conservation structures, irrigation and drainage systems in humid south-eastern plain of the Rajasthan,
India.
Key words : ADMR, return period, frequency, probability distribution.
Introduction
Rainfall is one of the most important natural input
resources to crop production and its occurrence and
distribution is erratic, temporal and spatial variations in
nature. Most of the hydrological events occurring as
natural phenomena are observed only once. One of the
important problem in hydrology deals with the interpreting
past records of hydrological event in terms of future
probabilities of occurrence. Analysis of rainfall and
determination of annual maximum daily rainfall would
enhance the management of water resources applications
as well as the effective utilization of water resources
(Subudhi, 2007). Probability and frequency analysis of
rainfall data enables us to determine the expected rainfall
at various chances (Bhakar et al., 2008). Such information
can also be used to prevent floods and droughts, and
applied to planning and designing of water resources
related to engineering such as reservoir design, flood
control work and soil and water conservation planning
*Author for correspondence: E-mail: bhimsingh1@gmil.com
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present study.
Return period
Return period or recurrence interval is the average
interval of time within which any extreme event of given
magnitude will be equalled or exceeded at least once
(Patra, 2001). Return period was calculated by Weibull's
plotting position formula (Chow, 1964) by arranging one
day maximum daily rainfall in descending order giving
their respective rank as:
T=
N +1
R
(1)
X T = X (1 + CV KT )
(2)
Probability Analysis for Estimation of Annual One Day Maximum Rainfall of Jhalarapatan Area of Rajasthan, India 1095
Distribution
f ( x) =
Normal
1 x
Log-normal (y = ln x)
f ( x) =
Log-Pearson (y = ln x)
f ( x) =
Gumbel
f ( x) =
x 2
1 y y
2 y
1 y c
1 y c 2
e
a y (b) a
x
1
x
exp
exp
xT
0<x<
y = y , y = Sx
0<x<
= x , = Sx
< x <
= x + 0.5772 , =
( 0 < p 0.50 )
(4)
(8)
Log-Pearson type-III
In log-Pearson type-III distribution, the value of
variate 'X' (rainfall) is transformed to logarithm (base
10). The expected value of rainfall 'XT' can be obtained
by the following formulae
and
yT y
XT
Sx 6
(3)
where ,
1
= x , = Sx
and K T =
L F 1 IO
w = MlnG J P
N H p KQ
<x<
2
Normal distribution
KT =
1
e 2
2
Range
= Antilog X
(9)
Log X = M + KTS
(10)
2
CS
C C
z S S + 1 1
6
6
(11)
Log-normal distribution
Gumbel distribution
XT = exp (YT)
(6)
YT = Y( 1 + CVY KT )
(7)
X T = X (1 + CV KT )
(12)
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T
6
KT =
0.5772 + ln ln
T 1
(13)
2 =
i =1
(Oi Ei )
Ei
(14)
Table 1 : One day maximum daily rainfall for the period of 1973
to 2011.
S.
no. Year Date
1. 1973 23-Jul
Rainfall S.
(mm)
no. Year Date
128.0
21. 1993 17-Jul
Rainfall
(mm)
80.2
105.2
3. 1975 2-Sep
75.3
68.4
4. 1976 8-Jul
64.2
5. 1977 22-Jul
83.0
85.4
6. 1978 4-Jul
122.6
72.6
7. 1979 7-Aug
76.2
164.2
8. 1980 22-Jun
76.4
231.6
9. 1981 21-Jul
62.8
186.0
54.2
122.0
173.0
230.4
133.0
67.0
100.6
45.6
80.6
152.0
69.4
51.0
75.2
91.0
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Formula
1 N
Xi
N i =1
Computed value
Logarithmic transformation
111.84
2.01
Average X
c h
X=
Standard deviation ()
1 n
( X i X )2
N 1 i =1
49.035
0.185
CV =
Standard Deviation
Mean
0.438
0.092
Ck =
N 2M 3
( N 1)( N 2) 3
0.870
0.175
M3 =
1
N
(X
X )3
i =1
Table 3 : Observed and expected one day maximum rainfall at different probability levels.
S.
no.
Probability
(%)
Return Period
(years)
Observed Rainfall
(mm)
1.
99
1.01
2.
95
3.
4.
44.4
Normal
11.97
Log Normal
43.01
Log Pearson
44.74
Gumbel
31.42
1.05
51.0
35.55
52.77
53.75
47.85
90
1.11
62.8
48.99
59.31
59.82
57.91
80
1.25
69.4
70.58
71.52
71.30
71.60
5.
50
100.6
111.84
102.32
101.05
103.79
6.
25
140.0
144.54
135.88
134.89
137.40
7.
20
152.0
152.48
145.57
144.93
147.11
8.
10
10
186.0
172.70
173.48
174.53
175.79
9.
20
230.4
188.14
198.36
201.75
203.30
10.
2.5
40
231.6
200.08
220.02
226.07
230.28
11.
50
203.31
226.27
233.20
238.90
12.
100
211.72
243.40
252.98
265.59
13.
0.5
200
218.07
257.19
269.15
292.17
Normal
Log-normal
Log-Pearson
Gumbel
1.
Probability
99
87.85
0.04
0.00
5.36
2.
95
1.05
6.72
0.06
0.14
0.21
3.
90
1.11
3.89
0.21
0.15
0.41
4.
80
1.25
0.02
0.06
0.05
0.07
5.
50
1.13
0.03
0.00
0.10
6.
25
0.14
0.12
0.19
0.05
7.
20
0.00
0.28
0.34
0.16
8.
10
10
1.02
0.90
0.75
0.59
9.
20
9.49
5.18
4.07
3.61
10.
2.5
40
4.96
0.61
0.14
0.01
Cal
115.23
7.50
5.84
10.57
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Rainfall (mm)
100
50
0
-50
2011
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
1999
1997
1995
1993
1991
1989
1987
1985
1983
1981
1979
1977
1975
1973
-100
year
Fig. 1 : Deviation from the average of one day maximum annual rainfall during 1973-2011.
September
13%
August
38%
June
3%
July
46%
Conclusion
The mean value of ADMR was found to be 111.84
mm with standard deviation and coefficient of variation
of 49.035 and 0.438, respectively. The coefficient of
skewness was observed to be 0.870. July month received
the highest amount of one day maximum rainfall (46%)
followed by August (38%) and September (13%). The
frequency analysis of ADMR for identifying the best fit
probability distribution can be studied for four probability
distributions such as normal, log-normal, log-Pearson typeIII and Gumbel by using Chi-square goodness of fit test.
It was observed that all the three probability distribution
functions fitted significantly except normal distribution.
Log-Pearson type-III distribution was found to be the
best fitted to ADMR data by Chi-square test for goodness
of fit. A maximum of 101.05 mm rainfall is expected to
occur at every 2 years and 50 per cent probability which
is approaching mean ADMR. For a recurrence interval
of 100 years and one per cent probability, the annual one
day maximum rainfall is 252.98 mm. Regression model
for ADMR was developed by using Weibull's method to
predict the rainfall for different return period. The
coefficient of determination (R2) is 0.9782. This study
gives an idea about the prediction of ADMR rainfall to
design the small and medium hydraulic and soil and water
conservation structures, irrigation, drainage works,
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Y = 48.905e 0.03 69 X
R2 = 0.9782
250
R ainfall, m m
200
150
100
1.026
1.053
1.081
1.111
1.143
1.176
1.212
1.25
1.290
1.333
1.379
1.429
1.481
1.538
1.6
1.667
1.739
1.818
1.905
2
2.105
2.222
2.353
2.5
2.667
2.857
3.077
3.333
3.636
4
4.444
5
5.714
6.667
8
10
13.333
20
40
50
Fig. 3 : Annual one day maximum rainfall vs return period by Weibull's method.
Observed
Normal
Log Normal
Log Pearson
Gumbel
350
250
200
150
100
Rainfall, mm
300
50
0
0.5
2.5
10
20
25
50
80
90
95
99
Probability, %
Fig. 4 : Estimated annual one day maximum rainfall at different probability levels.
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