SOFTWARE-BASED TEACHING AID FOR DEMONSTRATING STOCHASTIC INTE)-~,POLATION METHOD BY ESTIMATING  BRECIPITATION OVER LAKE TANA FOR 1996-2006

Yihenew, Getinet

dc.contributor.author	Yihenew, Getinet
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-14T05:58:37Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-14T05:58:37Z
dc.date.issued	2017-08-14
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7683
dc.description	A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of th~ Requirements for the Degree of ' MASTER OF EDUCATION IN PHYSICS	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Various kinds of estimation techniques are often used in science and engineering to extract optimal information from a· measurement. Thus, many undergraduate and graduate curricula incorporate these methods and students are expected to under stand and apply them in solving real scientific and engineering problems. This kind of pedagogical goal can be achieved by involving students in solving real problems using real measurements instead of presenting the topics in the traditional talk and chalk method .. }In the Ethiopian context, it is not easy to find real instrument to .carry out measurements. In the present thesis, we have developed a. software-based teaching aid that implements the stochastic interpolation method (traditionally called Kriging method) using real rainfall data. from the Lake Tana watershed. The a.mount of rainfall a.round Lake Tana. shows substantial spatial variability. Capturing such ... _ characteristics is challenging and this means that one needs to establish a very dense ~ monthly precipitation op different locations on the Lake Tana is estimated using the Kriging interpolation method by using measurements collected at eight rain gauge stations from the lake' catchment in the years 1996 to 2006. Based on this analysis, thesis contains two major results. First it contains a. virtual teaching aid with an in- • ~ ~ ..teractivc user interface that provides students and teachers a unique opportunity to learn stochastic interpolation technique by investigating real measurements collected from their own surr~undings. Secondly, the thesis shows how one can improve rainfall • estimates over Lake Tana and thereby increasing our understanding of its hydrology.	en_US
dc.subject	PHYSICS	en_US
dc.title	SOFTWARE-BASED TEACHING AID FOR DEMONSTRATING STOCHASTIC INTE)-~,POLATION METHOD BY ESTIMATING BRECIPITATION OVER LAKE TANA FOR 1996-2006	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US