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% Recommendation ITU-R P.837-5 : Characteristics of precipitation for propagatio

n modelling
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% function [rr,p0] = itur_p837_5(p,lat,lon)
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% 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).
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% 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.
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% 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.
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% 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.
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% Output parameters :
% rr = rainfall rate exceeded for p% of an average year (mm/h)
% p0 = percentage probability of rain in an average year (%)
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% 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)
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% Called functions :
% No
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% Necessary toolboxes :
% No
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% by Giulio BLARZINO,
% ONERA, France
% Giulio.Blarzino@onera.fr
% Any questions : email <Laurent.Castanet@onera.fr> or <Antonio.Martellucci@esa.
int>
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% rel. 1.0
% release history:
% 0.0 (26/04/2007) - original version
% 1.0 (11/07/2007)
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