A Technique for Estimating Clock Two-Hourly Precipitation Rate Distributions.

Abstract

Clock two-hourly precipitation rate distributions can be derived from distributions of clock-hourly precipitation rate distribution by using negative exponential functions. The analytical conversions are provided for 16 climatic regimes in the continental United States and Alaska. The clock-hourly and two-hourly precipitation rate distributions are also compared with instantaneous distributions measured over horizontal paths. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA059874

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Mcmorrow

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Attenuation
  • Cell Movement
  • Clocks
  • Conversion
  • Exponential Functions
  • Illinois
  • Measurement
  • Microwaves
  • Precipitation
  • Probability
  • Rain
  • Rain Gages
  • Rainfall
  • Security
  • United States
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Climatology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation