Abstract
An assessment of the summertime precipitation climate for the Okefenokee Swamp region was undertaken utilizing daily precipitation data from meteorological sites near the swamp for the period 1955-1980. “Runs of dry days” were investigated in relation to total seasonal precipitation and with regard to the distribution of runs by length. Utilizing Markov chain analysis and regression techniques, relationships between the length of runs of dry days and total seasonal precipitation as well as cumulative number of runs of dry days and total seasonal precipitation were established. However, further analysis of the intensty distribution of daily precipitation suggested that the summertime precipitation climate could best be described utilizing an assessment of days with a significant amount of precipitation rather than by studying runs of dry days. An analytical definition of a “significant rain day” was attempted utilizing the correlation of the number of rain days exceeding a given daily precipitation thresho...
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