Type of

Disdrometer

Sites

Rain Types (Number of Events)

D₀/N_T = αR^β

Z = AR^b

a₁

a₂

b₁

b₂

A

b

JWD RD-69

Abidjan

(Coastal Equatorial)

SL (35)

2558.5

0.566

0.5

1.53

371

1.26

Thunderstorms (124)

2139.9

0.521

0.5

1.52

303

1.30

Stratiform (24)

2715.5

0.582

0.6

1.59

396

1.34

ALL Events (183)

2293.8

0.538

0.5

1.53

337

1.28

Boyele

(Continental Equatorial)

SL(35)

1842.8

0.419

0.4

1.45

375

1.35

Thunderstorms (44)

2038.2

0.465

0.5

1.49

329

1.39

Stratiform (17)

2388.7

0.484

0.6

1.53

439

1.42

ALL Events (96)

2100.8

0.461

0.5

1.49

370

1.36

Niamey

(Continental Sahelian)

SL (6)

4580.9

0.666

0.6

1.52

487

1.26

Thunderstorms (14)

2491.1

0.504

0.5

1.49

410

1.34

ALL Events (20)

2874.1

0.538

0.6

1.50

455

1.30

Dakar

(Coastal Sahelian)

SL (37)

2832.0

0.553

0.5

1.52

369

1.28

Thunderstorms (52)

2971.4

0.570

0.5

1.52

324

1.28

ALL Events (89)

2958.7

0.567

0.5

1.52

346

1.28

Kourou

(Equatorial Zone/America)

Thunderstorms (64)

1944.6

0.463

0.5

1.49

196

1.35

Stratiform (7)

2527.7

0.505

0.4

1.46

230

1.34

ALL Events (71)

2082.4

0.475

0.5

1.48

202

1.34

OSP

Djougou

(Continental Soudan/Africa)

SL (20)

2164.2

0.404

0.5

1.57

509

1.31

Thunderstorms (73)

1953.1

0.392

0.5

1.54

401

1.33

ALL Events (93)

2127.5

0.411

0.5

1.54

433

1.32