Transfer of information in monthly rainfall series of San Jose, California

Abstract

Consecutive dry and wet sequences appear random and unrelated. The entropy concept was used to define: (a) the relationship of drought and flood sequences to the average rainfall; (b) the relationship among selected drought sequences; (c) the relationship among selected flood sequences; (d) the drought and flood patterns; and (e) the worth of the information transfer in the rainfall record. This analysis is important in understanding the ongoing 5-year California drought. -from Authors