Worldwide 1 min rain rate distribution prediction method which uses thunderstorm ratio as regional climatic parameter

Electronics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1585-1587

  Ito, C ^a   Hosoya, Y ^a  

^a KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORMS;

1 MIN RAIN RATE DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION MODEL; RAIN ATTENUATION;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033362827     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19991098     Document Type: Article

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