Preliminary Atlas of 1.0, 0.5, and 0.1 Percent Precipitation Intensities for Eurasia.

Abstract

Using preliminary statistical relationships between precipitation intensities averaged over 1-min durations and commonly available monthly climatological tabulations of precipitation, rainfall rates for 1.0, 0.5, and 0.1 percent exceedances were computed for weather stations over Europe and Asia for which monthly totals and frequency of daily precipitation were available for the months of January, April, July, and October. Isolines of intensities were drawn delineating regions of low and high rates for each precipitation frequency. These rates may be used for obtaining calculated-risk design criteria for military equipment and for the evaluation of the probability of operational problems when the intensity of precipitation equalled or exceeded with various low probabilities may be critical. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 07, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736406

Entities

People

  • Henry A. Salmela
  • Norman Sissenwine
  • Robert W. Lenhard

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Design Criteria
  • Frequency
  • Intensity
  • Military Equipment
  • Precipitation
  • Probability
  • Rainfall
  • Stations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weather Stations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Climatology
  • Systems Analysis and Design