New 2012 precipitation frequency estimation analysis for Alaska : musings on data used and the final product.

Details

• Creators:
  Kane, Douglas L. ; Stuefer, Svetlana
• Corporate Creators:
  Alaska University Transportation Center ; Alaska. Department of Transportation. Research, Development, and Technology Transfer
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Precipitation (Meteorology)
  • Data collection
  • Estimating
  • Analysis of variance
  • Statistical sampling
• Publication/ Report Number:
  INE/AUTC 13.11;FHWA-AK-RD-13-04
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alaska. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Abstract:
  The major product of this study was a precipitation frequency atlas for the entire state of Alaska; this atlas is available at ; http://dipper.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/. The process of contributing to this study provided an opportunity to (1) evaluate the ; complete precipitation data-collection program for Alaska and (2) compare the new precipitation frequency estimates with ; those published in 1963. It has been known for some time that the precipitation data-collection program in Alaska has many ; limitations and challenges. This present report summarizes the limitations of the data collection program identified during ; the study and includes a comparison of the 1963 and 2012 results for selected stations at major population centers. The ; authors hope that this report will lead to improvements in data collection so that better precipitation frequency estimates can ; be made in the future.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26940/dot_26940_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.23 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1833a8d19c7ae061102fcf8cdd9bf57d169675128719c5082b99502a39aa8d3f4257257bb5954c68fe3980660e60758775c8bf8c0f6cc058d625f6fda5c70382