Radio Climatology for Precipitation and Clouds in Central Europe PDF Download

Author: E. J. Dutton
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Category : Precipitation variability
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Book Description
The first two sections of this paper concern radio attenuation and scattering caused by precipitation. In all computations, a continuous, widespread, horizontally homogenous, precipitation is assumed along the entire path as a maximum case. These effects are examined on an annual climatological basis for central Europe, using commonly recorded precipitation data, such as the number of days precipitation exceeds a certain amount. No attempt is made to subdivide the precipitation data any more finely than on a strictly annual basis. These data can be utilized to yeild the maximum percentage time during a year that various levels of precipitation attenuation and precipitation forward scatter in the common volume can be expected, Contour maps are presented of the results and are used in a sample calculation that emphasized thier utility.