Abstract: Antarctica was divided into four areas which, in temperature terms, are as dissimilar as possible; from 29 stations 4 were chosen to represent these areas. The stations are Faraday (near 65°S 65°W), Scott Base (near 77°S ...

Abstract: Pluviographs show there is a strong tendency for rain to abruptly change from one steady rate of fall to another, with these steady rates persisting for some time. This observation can be used to improve upon the traditional ...

Abstract: Pluviographs, which are rainfall accumulation?timeplots, indicate a strong tendency for rainfall intensity to abruptly change from one steady rate of fall to another with these steady rates persisting for some time. ...

Abstract: The breakpoint data format for rainfall simply records the times when the rain rate changes from one steady value to another; the rates are also recorded. Data covering 15 years at Invercargill, New Zealand (46°25?S, ...

Abstract: The accurate mapping of climate has widespread interest and benefit and depends on the availability of long-term data. Accuracy increases with the amount of data, but, often, insufficient data exist for the desired accuracy. ...

Abstract: In terms of the effects of future climate change upon society, some of the most important parameters to estimate are associated with changing risks of extreme rainfall events, both floods and droughts. However, such aspects ...

Abstract: The high temporal variability of rainfall requires that measurements be taken at a high frequency for that variability to be recorded well, but most conventional gauges do not have this capability. The gauge described has ...

Abstract: Breakpoint data derived from the manual digitization of pluviographs from Invercargill, New Zealand, (46°25?S, 168°20?E) is considered. The breakpoints, recording changes of intensity from one steady value to another, are ...