Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the best frequency description of a chain dependent Markov process for the daily simulation of precipitation. The influence of the order of the Markov chain model to simulate daily precipitation occurrence is evaluated. A mixed‐order...

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the best frequency description of a chain dependent Markov process for the daily simulation of precipitation. The influence of the order of the Markov chain model to simulate daily precipitation occurrence is evaluated. A mixed-order model is...