RIP AND WMRIP - NEW MEASURES OF RAINFALL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION

Authors
REYES MR BENGTSON RL ROBBINS KD
Citation
Mr. Reyes et al., RIP AND WMRIP - NEW MEASURES OF RAINFALL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION, Transactions of the ASAE, 36(6), 1993, pp. 1619-1623
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,Agriculture,"Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Transactions of the ASAE → ACNP
ISSN journal
00012351
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1619 - 1623
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-2351(1993)36:6<1619:RAW-NM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Two measures of rainfall intensity distribution, called RIP (rainfall intensity percentage) and WMRIP (weighted mean rainfall intensity perc entage), were described in this study. RIP and WMRIP values for Ben Hu r Research Farm, Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1981 through 1988 were ca lculated. Daily kinetic energy (KE) of46 daily rainfall events in 1987 was calculated from RIP. The KE calculated from RIP values of 46 even ts was not significantly different from KE calculated by the standard breakpoint method. Based on WMRIP values, the rainfall intensity distr ibution was classified into low-, medium-, and high-intensity periods.