Extremes of 1, 12, and 24 Hour Rain for MIL-STD-210B

Abstract

A method is developed for estimating extreme rainfall rates from readily available climatology in the form of the precipitation index, the total annual rainfall divided by the number of days with rain. The method is expressed as an equation that estimates the rain that will fall during any selected time interval (duration of rainfall) with any desired frequency of occurrence (return period). The technique as presented is applicable to the geographic regions of intense precipitation such as the moist tropics and subtropics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 1973
Accession Number
AD0766210

Entities

People

  • Norman Sissenwine
  • Robert W. Lenhard

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Intensity
  • Massachusetts
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Standards
  • Precipitation
  • Probability
  • Rain
  • Rainfall
  • Rainfall Intensity
  • Standards
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

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  • Approximation Theory.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology