FIZIKA B 4 (1995) 2, 111-120

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SEA-PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION MODELS

DUBRAVKO RISOVIĆ AND MLADEN MARTINIS
Ruđer Bošković Institute, P. O. Box 1016, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia

Received 20 June 1995

Six most frequently used sea-particle-size distribution models and their merits in describing measured size distributions are evaluated. Comparison is made on the basis of the complexity of the considered models and of quality of the fits to the measured data. The relation between the complexity and the quality of the fits is examined. Two- or three-parameter models seem to be the most adequate for fitting the experimental data. Our analyses show that there is a statistically significant difference in performance of different two-parameter models. The ability to fit simultaneously small- and large-size particle data is examined, and related to measurement errors.

UDC 532.582.7
PACS 82.70.Kj, 92.10.Bf

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