% Recommendation ITU-R P.837-5 : Characteristics of precipitation for propagatio
n modelling % % %------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ % % function [rr,p0] = itur_p837_5(p,lat,lon) % % This function calculates the rainfall rate exceeded for p% of an average year, % according to the prediction method defined in Recommendation ITU-R P.837-5 (An nex 1). % % France (G. Blarzino, N. Jeannin, L. Castanet), Italy (D. Ferraro, L. Luini, C. Capsoni), ESA (A. Martellucci) : % Discussion document about Recommendation ITU-R P.837-4 , Input document 3J/185-3M /217, 11 April 2007. % % Castanet L., Blarzino G., Jeannin N., Testoni A., Capsoni C., Ferraro D., Luin i L., % Rogers D., Amaya C., Bouchard P., Pontes M., Sila-Mello L. : % "Assessment of radiowave propagation for satellite communication and navigatio n systems % in tropical and equatorial areas", % Final Report ESA study n° ESTEC 18278/04/NL/US, Report ONERA RF 4/09521 DEMR, Ju ne 2007. % % % Input parameters : % p = probability level (%) (more than 1 level is possible ONLY if 1 locati on is desired) % lat = latitude (deg) % lon = longitude (deg) % If rainfall rate is to be calculated at 1 specific location, bilinear interp olation % (INTERP2.M) is used to obtain values at (lat,lon) coordinates specified in i nput. % If a map of rainfall rate is to be calculated all over the world, % DO NOT ENTER (lat,lon) coordinates as input. % % Output parameters : % rr = rainfall rate exceeded for p% of an average year (mm/h) % p0 = percentage probability of rain in an average year (%) % % Note : % The function automatically loads meteorological input parameters required by % Rec. ITU-R P.837-5 from the following files : % ESARAIN_MT_v5.TXT : mean annual rainfall amount (m m) % ESARAIN_BETA_v5.TXT : ratio of convective to total rainfall amount (- ) % ESARAIN_PR6_v5.TXT : probability of rainy 6-hours periods (% ) % ESARAIN_LAT_v5.TXT : latitudes of grid points (90:-1.125:-90) (d eg) % ESARAIN_LON_v5.TXT : longitudes of grid points (0:1.125:360) (d eg) % % Called functions : % No % % Necessary toolboxes : % No % % by Giulio BLARZINO, % ONERA, France % Giulio.Blarzino@onera.fr % Any questions : email <Laurent.Castanet@onera.fr> or <Antonio.Martellucci@esa. int> % % rel. 1.0 % release history: % 0.0 (26/04/2007) - original version % 1.0 (11/07/2007) % %------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ %