Title :
Two-parameter empirical model for rainfall rate distribution
Author_Institution :
CNET PARIS B/RPE, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Abstract :
In a previous paper we suggested a three-parameter model providing a good fit for rate distribution. Moreover, this model approximates a log-normal distribution at low rates and a gamma distribution at high rates. In the letter we reduced the number of parameters to two by setting the third one constant. This modified model appears to give good agreement with the experimental data gathered in various locations around the world.
Keywords :
radiowave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; gamma distribution; log-normal distribution; radiowave propagation; rainfall rate distribution; two parameter empirical model;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830545