Title :
Stability of rain-rate cumulative distributions
Author :
Poiares Baptista, J.P.V. ; Zhang, Z.W. ; McEwan, Neil J.
Author_Institution :
University of Bradford, Postgraduate School of Information Systems Engineering, Bradford, UK
Abstract :
The length of point rainfall records necessary to characterise the long-term cumulative distributions is studied and some conclusions drawn. Evidence of a periodical component in annual rain statistics, correlated with sun activity, is presented.
Keywords :
rain; satellite links; solar activity; Sun activity; annual rain statistics; conclusions; length of point rainfall records; long-term cumulative distributions; periodical component; rain-rate cumulative distributions; satellite links; sunspots cycle;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860238
