World Areas with Higher Precipitation Intensities and Frequencies than the Tropic Test Center, Canal Zone.
Abstract
The report presents a series of maps showing the areas of the world that have more severe precipitation intensities and a greater frequency of days with precipitation than the Caribbean and Pacific coast sites of the Tropic Test Center in the Canal Zone, Panama. The maps provide a basis for analyzing the risk of employing Army materiel in areas where it may be subjected to more severe impact and wetting effects from precipitation than those encountered during testing. The study indicates that the Caribbean coast, as represented by Colon (Coco Solo), has more extreme precipitation intensities and frequencies than the Pacific coast, as represented by Howard Air Force Base; thus, the maps based on data from Colon show considerably smaller areas of exceedance than the maps based on data from Howard AFB. The highest precipitation intensities, the smallest areas of exceedance, and, consequently, the least risk of an operational environment being more severe than the testing environment are associated with Colon in October and November. For precipitation frequencies, the maps reveal very small areas that exceed Colon in mean annual number of days with precipitation, but considerably larger areas that have more days with precipitation than Howard AFB.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA016130
Entities
People
- Thomas E. Niedringhaus
Organizations
- Geospatial Research Laboratory