Accession Number:

AD0672221

Title:

CLIMATOLOGICAL ESTIMATES OF CLOCK-HOUR RAINFALL RATES.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

AIR WEATHER SERVICE SCOTT AFB ILL

Personal Author(s):

• Winner,Donald C.

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

The report expounds on an empirical method for estimating the clock-hour rainfall rates at a station when the mean annual rainfall amount and mean annual number of days with measurable rainfall are known. A climatic weighting factor is introduced in the calculations employing the use of Thornthwaites moisture index. Nomograms for estimating the clock-hour rainfall rates for temperate regions and also for tropic regions are included in the report. Author

Descriptors:

• (*RAINFALL
• DIURNAL VARIATIONS)
• PREDICTIONS
• CLIMATE
• VOLUME
• MOISTURE
• ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• NOMOGRAPHS
• WEATHER STATIONS
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• MICROWAVES
• ATTENUATION
• WATER VAPOR
• TROPICAL REGIONS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE