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Assessment of relative wetness in different months is a prerequisite for proper planning and utilization of available water resources of an area. Using monthly rainfall data of four different stations in India, the present paper shows thatC v, the coefficient of variation, can be used as a measure of relative wetness/dryness. It was further observed that the amount of rainfall for a given probability level can be quickly computed in terms of percentile values.C v is exponentially related to P60, the sixtieth percentile of the amount of rainfall.
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Mishra, K.K. Coefficient of variation as a measure of relative wetness of different stations in India. Int J Biometeorol 34, 217–220 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01041831
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