Statistical and Physical Descriptions of Raindrop Size Distributions in Equatorial Malaysia from Disdrometer Observations

Table 2

Summary of measured rain drop In Kuala Lumpur from 1992 to 1994.

Bin	Lower bound [mm]	Upper bound [mm]	Mean value [mm]	Rain rate classification interval [mm/h]
				0.1–1.0	1.0–5.0	5.0–10.0	10.0–20.0	20.0–40.0	40.0–60.0	60.0–80.0	80.0–100.0	100.0–200.0
				Average rain rate [mm/h] (number of samples)
				0.40; (25484)	2.44; (19046)	7.06; (5606)	14.31; (4365)	28.33; (3276)	49.19; (1474)	69.26; (890)	89.87; (632)	118.13; (600)
1	0.31	0.41	0.36	11	21	26	18	5
2	0.41	0.51	0.46	17	30	43	41	20	4	1
3	0.51	0.60	0.55	17	29	42	51	43	16	8	2
4	0.60	0.72	0.66	17	34	48	61	69	41	24	11	5
5	0.72	0.83	0.77	12	28	38	48	62	54	42	26	15
6	0.83	1.00	0.91	13	42	62	76	106	133	145	151	114
7	1.00	1.23	1.12	9	45	82	108	148	196	257	337	350
8	1.23	1.43	1.33	3	23	56	80	111	146	196	263	304
9	1.43	1.58	1.51	1	12	34	53	77	102	139	189	231
10	1.58	1.75	1.67	1	8	25	45	68	94	128	177	217
11	1.75	2.08	1.91	1	8	28	59	96	142	196	256	332
12	2.08	2.44	2.26		3	13	30	59	99	139	181	239
13	2.44	2.73	2.58			4	11	26	49	69	90	126
14	2.73	3.01	2.87			2	6	15	31	46	57	83
15	3.01	3.39	3.20				4	11	25	37	48	70
16	3.39	3.70	3.54				2	5	12	18	26	35
17	3.70	4.13	3.92				1	4	9	13	17	24
18	4.13	4.57	4.35					2	4	6	7	9
19	4.57	5.15	4.86					1	2	3	3	3
20	>5.15		5.30						1	1	1	1