Analysis of Rain Rate Spatial Cross-Correlation Coefficients in the Basque Country Area

Abstract

This paper reports on a study on the spatial characteristics of rainrates recorded in the Basque region in northern Spain. To perform thisstudy a network of eighty raingauges spread throughout the region hasbeen used. Statistical parameters such as the spatial cross-correlationcoefficient and the space-time cross-correlation coefficient werecalculated and their evolution with separation distance studied. It ishoped that information reported could be useful in better understandingcharacteristics of rain and in developing countermeasures forterrestrial and satellite radio networks operating at frequencies above10 GHz.