Title :
Estimation of trends in distributions of one-minute rain rates over the UK
Author :
Paulson, K.S. ; Ranatunga, Channa ; Bellerby, Timothey
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, UK
Abstract :
It is known that the rain rate exceeded 0.01 % of the time has experienced an increasing trend, in the UK, over the last twenty years. It is very likely that rain fade and outage experience a similar trend. This paper presents a method, applicably globally, to estimate these trends. The input data are parameters easily extracted from numerical weather prediction reanalysis data. The method is verified using rain gauge data from the UK.
Keywords :
parameter estimation; radio links; radiowave propagation; rain; UK; numerical weather prediction reanalysis data; one-minute rain rate distribution; parameter extraction; rain gauge data; trend estimation; Databases; Educational institutions; Market research; Rain; Rain fading; US Government agencies; climate change; fade trends; rain fade;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901749
