Rec. ITU-R PN.837-1 RECOMMENDATION ITU-R PN.

837-1
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRECIPITATION FOR PROPAGATION MODELLING

(Question ITU-R 201/3)

(1992-1994)
Rec. ITU-R PN.837-1

The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly, considering a) that information on the statistics of precipitation intensity is needed for the prediction of attenuation and scattering caused by precipitation; b) that the information is needed for all locations on the globe;

c) that a digitized version of the rainfall climate zone maps has been prepared that may be valuable in some computer applications, recommends 1. 2. region; that Figs. 1 to 3 be used to select the rain climate region for the prediction of precipitation effects; that Table 1 be used to obtain the expected median cumulative distribution of rain rate for the rain climate

3. that when the rain climate zone is required in computer applications for any given set of geographic coordinates, the program RAINZONE be used. (The software for RAINZONE may be obtained from the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau.)

TABLE 1 Rain climatic zones Rainfall intensity exceeded (mm/h) (Reference to Figs. 1 to 3)

Percentage of time (%) 1.001 0.301 0.101 0.031 0.011 0.003 0.001

A < 0.1 <0.8 < 2.8 < 5.8 < 8.8 14.8 22.8

B 20.5 22. 23.5 26.5 12.5 21. 32.

C 20.7 22.8 25.5 29.5 15.5 26. 425

D 12.1 14.5 18.5 13.5 19.5 29. 425

E 10.6 12.4 16.5 12.5 22. 415 705

F 01.7 04.5 08.5 15.5 28. 545 785

G 13 17 12 20 30 45 65

H 12 14 10 18 32 55 83

J 18 13 20 28 35 45 55

K 101.5 104.2 012.5 023.5 042. 070. 1005

L 102 107 115 133 160 105 150

M 114 111 122 140 163 195 120

N 115 115 135 165 195 140 180

P 112 134 165 105 145 200 250

Q 124 149 172 196 115 142 170

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