A Formula for the Conversion of 5-Minute Average, 10 Minute Average Rain Rate into 1-Minute Average Rain Rate for Prediction of Rain Induced Attenuation

The attenuation of microwave signal due to rain is a well established fact now. Localized models based on the rain rate and attenuation statistics is the basic necessity for a RF communication system designer. For development of any such model, we need long term statistics. These days most of the metrological data that is available is in the form of either 5-min or 10-min average rain rate and if we want to utilize this data, we need to convert this into 1-min equivalent average rain fall. In this paper, a formula has been purposed for the conversion of 5 min and 10 min average rain rate into 1 min equivalent average rain rate.