Research Article

The Influence of Precipitation and Consecutive Dry Days on Burned Areas in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China

Table 3

The quintile regression equation of burned areas for different rainfall amounts.

Quintile Predicted burned area (ha) (95% confidence interval)

1%2.2680.212−0.0130.0020.49<0.010.18~2.47
5%3.4600.618−0.0190.0050.49<0.010.23~3.32
25%15.7321.172−0.0170.0060.40<0.010.52~15.02
50%29.3612.518−0.0160.0070.35<0.010.83~28.67
75%43.3723.763−0.0160.0080.34<0.011.15~41.16
95%57.1065.580−0.0160.0080.33<0.011.40~55.28
96%386.5178.538−0.1930.0080.80<0.0110.03~80.29
97%526.2819.325−0.1820.0070.90<0.0116.51~86.53
98%758.16710.311−0.2000.0080.95<0.0118.35~90.61
99%851.77712.651−0.1750.0060.96<0.0121.96~98.49

S.E. denotes standard error of the parameters.