Climatology of Instantaneous Precipitation Rates

Abstract

Nearly instantaneous precipitation rates have been measured in several locations to develop point frequencies of occurrence of 1-minute rates. These are tabulated by months for about one year of data from locations in Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, Alaska, and the Marshall Islands. Four- minute rain rates are tabulated for a very limited sample of data from Bogor, Indonesia. Similar data for shorter periods of time have been derived for Flagstaff, Arizona, and Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. A four-year average table of frequencies has been derived for the summer months at a location near Tombstone, Arizona. Tables of 4-minute rates are included for three locations in Vietnam. Two-minute average frequencies along lines of raingages have been tabulated for England and central Florida.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0749878

Entities

People

  • Arthur L. Sims
  • Douglas M. Jones

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Canals
  • Communication Systems
  • Frequency
  • Indonesia
  • Instrumentation
  • Islands
  • Latitude
  • Marshall Islands
  • New Jersey
  • North Carolina
  • Panama
  • Panama Canal
  • Precipitation
  • Thunderstorms
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Oceanography.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.