Accession Number:

AD1028129

Title:

A Stochastic Description of Precipitation

Descriptive Note:

Conference Paper

Corporate Author:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY BERKELEY United States

Personal Author(s):

• Le CAM,L

Report Date:

1961-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

During the early part of the war years Pierre Masse organized a group for the purpose of studying optimal procedures of development and management of the French hydroelectric and steam power system. The problems encountered by this group included the evaluation of probabilities of excessive discharges, the evaluation of probabilities of excessive droughts, as well as the development of optimal management procedures for the big and small hydroelectric reservoirs.

Descriptors:

• random variables
• meteorological phenomena
• stochastic processes
• fluid mechanics
• probability
• lepidoptera
• meteorology
• precipitation
• air masses
• atmospheric motion
• rainfall
• runoff
• storms

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE