Rain Rate Climatologies over Marine Regions

Abstract

A method to relate archived marine meteorological observations to two-minute average rain rates is described. The method is used to produce maps that indicate the frequency of observation of critical rain rates (5,8, and 15 mm/hr) for the Atlantic, North Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA144066

Entities

People

  • A. K. Goroch
  • M. J. Vanderhill
  • T. Brown

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Temperature
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Climatology
  • Clocks
  • Frequency
  • Naval Operations
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Precipitation
  • Rain Gages
  • Research Facilities
  • Second World War
  • South Atlantic Ocean
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Oceanography.