The STATIS-ACT method applied to rainfall in the Venezuelan Eastern Region

The STATIS-ACT method applied to rainfall in the Venezuelan Eastern Region

Authors

  • Barlin Orlando Olivares Investigador. Programa Iberoamericano de Doctores en Agroalimentación de la Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), España
  • M L Zingaretti Docente- investigador. IAPCBA-IAPCH, Universidad Nacional de Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina
  • J A Demey Zambrano Investigador. Doctorando del Departamento de Estadística, Universidad de Salamanca, España
  • J.R. Demey Investigador Prometeo SENESCYT, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v9i1.1684

Keywords:

agricultural, climatic variability, rainfall, geography, statistics

Abstract

Rainfall analysis is one of the most im­portant tools to understand the spatial natural phenomena behavior. Our goal was to describe the rainfall patterns using fourteen variables derived from descriptive statistics of sixty-five climatic stations in the eastern of Venezuela using the STATIS-ACT method. The analysis gener­ated four coherent groups of precipitation consisting of meteorological stations with a specific pattern of precipitation. Groups 1 and 3 have presented greater interannual variability. On the other hand, increased rainfall stations are represented by Groups 2 and 4. In addition, the lat­ter group has had greater stability in rainfall variability between years due to the lower levels of the coefficient of variation. The study showed precipitation patterns associated with units landscapes of eastern char­acteristics that could be used in agricultural planning long term.

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2017-03-14

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Olivares, B. O., Zingaretti, M. L., Demey Zambrano, J. A., & Demey, J. (2017). The STATIS-ACT method applied to rainfall in the Venezuelan Eastern Region. UNED Research Journal, 9(1), 97–106. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v9i1.1684

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