Reflectivity-Rain Rate Relationships for Radar Hydrology in Brazil

Abstract

In this work a method is presented to obtain R-Z? relationships through comparison, in probability, of nonsimultaneous measurements of Z? and R. Range dependent relationships obtained in this way are given for a radar situated at 20°21?30?S, 49°01?38?W. The method is tested by comparing actual river hydrographs from a number of basins with those simulated using data as input to a hydrological model.