Relationship between Cloud Cover and Rainfall Rate in Madrid: First Results

Abstract

A first analysis of the relationship between cloud cover and rainfall rate has been performed using two years of total cloud cover data provided by ERA5 and experimental rainfall rate measurements collected with a disdrometer at UPM. The results obtained include cumulative distributions and histograms of both parameters, and the scatter plots of total cloud cover against the hourly average of rainfall rate and hourly maximum rainfall rate. The duration of events has also been investigated for both parameters.