Empirical conversion of rainfall rate distribution for various integration times in Malaysia

The study of rainfall rate integration time is important to designers of satellite communication systems. In most part of the world, long-term rain statistics are typically available for integration time of very long durations; even perhaps of one hour or more. The method and appropriate conversion of rainfall rate distribution from variable integration times to the equivalent 1-minute are indeed vital. This is due to the fact that established prediction methods for estimating the rain induced attenuation on satellite-Earth links utilize the 1-minute rainfall rate data.