Parameter estimates for the rainfall-based best fitted candidate function for throughfall
| Tree species . | Name of the function . | Functional form . | Parameter estimates . | R2 . | RMSE, mm . | AIC . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a . | b . | c . | ||||||
| Mango | Weibull | Y = [a–b × exp (−c × X)] + ɛ | −213.278 | 211.674 | 0.0041 | 0.993 | 1.078 | 178.3 |
| Litchi | Allometric | Y = a × Xb + ɛ | 0.462 | 1.193 | – | 0.943 | 3.087 | 281.1 |
| Guava | Linear | Y = a + b × X + ɛ | −1.221 | 1.004 | – | 0.987 | 1.459 | 207.6 |
| Jackfruit | Linear | Y = a + b × X + ɛ | −1.691 | 0.904 | – | 0.980 | 1.683 | 220.0 |
| Tree species . | Name of the function . | Functional form . | Parameter estimates . | R2 . | RMSE, mm . | AIC . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a . | b . | c . | ||||||
| Mango | Weibull | Y = [a–b × exp (−c × X)] + ɛ | −213.278 | 211.674 | 0.0041 | 0.993 | 1.078 | 178.3 |
| Litchi | Allometric | Y = a × Xb + ɛ | 0.462 | 1.193 | – | 0.943 | 3.087 | 281.1 |
| Guava | Linear | Y = a + b × X + ɛ | −1.221 | 1.004 | – | 0.987 | 1.459 | 207.6 |
| Jackfruit | Linear | Y = a + b × X + ɛ | −1.691 | 0.904 | – | 0.980 | 1.683 | 220.0 |
Y, Dependent growth variable; X, independent growth variable; a, b and c are parameter estimates and ɛ is the additive error term.
AIC, Akaike information criteria; RMSE, root mean squared error.