Evaluation of probability distributions in the analysis of minimum temperature series in Manaus – AM

Abstract

The relevance in studying climatological phenomena is based on the influence that variables of this nature exert on the world. Among the most observed variables, temperature stands out, whose effect of its variation may cause significant impacts, such as the proliferation of biological species, agricultural production, population health, etc. Probability distributions have been studied to verify the best fit to describe and/or predict the behavior of climate variables and, in this context, the present study evaluated, among six probability distributions, the best fit to describe a historical temperature series. minimum monthly mean. The series used in this study encompass a period of 38 years (1980 to 2018) separated by month from the weather station of the Manaus - AM station (OMM: 82331) obtained from INMET, totaling 459 observations. Difference-Sign and Turning Point tests were used to verify data independence and the maximum likelihood method to estimate the parameters. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Anderson-Darling, Cramér-von Mises, Akaike Information Criterion and quantile-quantile plots were used to select the best fit distribution. Log-Normal, Gama, Weibull, Gumbel type II, Benini and Rice distributions were evaluated, with the best performing Rice, Log-Normal and Gumbel II distributions being highlighted.