Fig. 1. Distribution of rainfall drop size according to the origin (maritime or continental) and classes of R (D = Diameter and R = rainfall).
Fig. 2. Total number of drops (NT) and precipitation rate (R).
Table 1. Static characteristics of rainfall.
Table 2. Values A and b of the equations. Power for systems of rainfall production of the marine and continental type.
Table 3. Relative error of the power equation analysis in different classes of rain intensity to determine the approximate value of the kinetic energy rate for the continental type rainfall.
Table 4. Relative error of the power equation analysis in different classes of rain intensity to determine the approximate value of the kinetic energy rate for the maritime type rainfall.
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