A Note on Modeling the Maxima of Lagos Rainfall

I. E. Okorie; A. C. Akpanta; J. Ohakwe; D. C. Chikezie; C. U. Onyemachi; M. C. Ugwu

doi:10.1007/s40745-018-0161-4

A Note on Modeling the Maxima of Lagos Rainfall

I. E. Okorie
, A. C. Akpanta
, J. Ohakwe
, D. C. Chikezie
, C. U. Onyemachi
, M. C. Ugwu

Mathematics

Abia State University
Federal University, Otuoke
University of Nigeria

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Abstract

The Lagos annual maximum rainfall is modeled by the generalized extreme value distribution. Hydrologic risk measures like the probability of exceedance or recurrence, return period, and return level is given.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	341-359
Number of pages	19
Journal	Annals of Data Science
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40745-018-0161-4
State	Published - 1 Jun 2019

Keywords

Extreme values
Flood
Lagos
Nigeria
Risk measures

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