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Point processes of seasonal thunderstorm rainfall: 3. Relation of point rainfall to storm areal properties
Author(s) -
Smith Roger E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr010i003p00424
Subject(s) - storm , thunderstorm , probability distribution , meteorology , observation point , environmental science , geology , hydrology (agriculture) , mathematics , geography , statistics , geotechnical engineering , remote sensing
Following a two‐part study of the stochastic nature of thunderstorm occurrence and the probability of daily rainfall depths, the importance of point rainfall information to areal rain distribution is indicated. A probabilistic expression is developed for the relationship between the point depth of rainfall, the local probability distribution of storm cell maximum depth, and the dimensionless expression of storm depth area pattern. In a sample test the expression is successfully used to reproduce point rainfall depth probability from storm maximum depth distribution and depth area data from Tombstone, Arizona.