Preliminary atlas of 1.0, 0.5, and 0.1 percent precipitation intensities for Eurasia /
H.A. Salmela, N. Sissenwine, R.W. Lenhard.

Description

Main Author

Salmela, Henry A.

Related Names

Lenhard, Robert W.
Sissenwine, Norman.
Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1971.

Subjects

Rainfall intensity duration frequencies.
Rain and rainfall.
Precipitation (Meteorology)
Rainfall intensity duration frequencies.
Rain and rainfall > Rain and rainfall / Asia.
Rain and rainfall > Rain and rainfall / Europe.
Precipitation (Meteorology)
Europe.
Asia.

Summary

Using preliminary statistical relationships between precipitation intensities averaged over 1-min durations and commonly available monthly climatological tabulations of precipitation, rainfall rates for 1.0, 0.5, and 0.1 percent exceedances were computed for weather stations over Europe and Asia for which monthly totals and frequency of daily precipitation were available for the months of January, April, July, and October. Isolines of intensities were drawn delineating regions of low and high rates for each precipitation frequency. These rates may be used for obtaining calculated-risk design criteria for military equipment and for the evaluation of the probability of operational problems when the intensity of precipitation equalled or exceeded with various low probabilities may be critical. (Author).

Note

Research supported by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts.
Aeronomy Laboratory Project 8624.
AD0736406 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
"7 October 1971."

Physical Description

vi, 33 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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