Table 1. Characteristics of the rainfall events measured.
Rainfall event | Rainfall amount (mm) | Peak rainfall intensity (mm h−1) | Kinetic energy of rainfall (J m2) | average kinetic energy of throughfall (J m2) |
1 | 67.3 | 55.7 | 717.0 | 1237.0 |
2 | 68.3 | 33.8 | 701.5 | 958.3 |
3 | 26.2 | 9.0 | 137.5 | 646.3 |
4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 13.1 | 62.7 |
5 | 34.0 | 18.7 | 273.2 | 837.9 |
6 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 26.3 | 199.8 |
7 | 55.1 | 33.0 | 413.2 | 1119.3 |
8 | 11.6 | 4.6 | 96.3 | 419.5 |
average | 33.5 | 20.1 | 297.3 | 685.1 |