Analysis of Daily Precipitation Data from Selected Sites in the United States

• Main Author: Ahmed, Sahar
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 2018
• Subjects: Applied Mathematics; ice core
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/116; https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/context/etd/article/1115/viewcontent/Ahmed__Sahar_Redacted.pdf

Global warming is a contentious topic since modern climate records only exist for the last 100 years in contrast to ice-core analysis that establishes ice ages tens of thousands of years ago. Nevertheless, patterns associated with events such as El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), precipitation, tornadoes, and snowfall amounts over the last century can provide a useful and objective indicator of climate “change”. This project focuses on daily precipitation totals for the state of New Jersey over the last 100 to 150 years from nineteen meteorological recording stations and involves large data sets with a million observations. This research utilizes time series analysis to present results and findings with a temporal emphasis. The project includes an extension to select states across the United States for a comparison of precipitation patterns.