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PLUVIOMETRIC QUOTIENT [1 record]

Record 1 2011-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Ratio of the amount of precipitation collected at a specific place, during a specific month, to the amount which would have been obtained if the mean annual amount had been equally distributed over every day of the year.

Key term(s)
  • pluviometric coefficient

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Rapport de la hauteur de précipitation recueillie en un lieu et un mois donnés à la hauteur qu'on y aurait recueillie si la hauteur moyenne annuelle avait été également répartie sur tous les jours de l'année.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Previsiones meteorológicas, medición y análisis de datos
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Cociente entre la altura de la precipitación recogida, en un lugar determinado, durante un mes dado y la altura que se obtendría si el total anual medio estuviera distribuido por igual entre todos los días del año.

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