Introduction

Global warming is a growing problem the community must face head on; and data is needed in order to
make intelligent decisions for whatever contingencies that might arise due to climate change. The
writers recognized that researchers with limited resources do not have the equipment and software
required for an in-depth study of the climate, i.e. a study of rainfall pattern in the locality. Therefore, it
is the aim of this paper to provide a framework for developing a rainfall analysis system that may be
used by researchers and professionals alike.

Rainfall Analysis System (RAS)

The RAS simply a graphical user interface consisting of two modules: a "read-analysis module", and
"write module."
The RAS must be able to process rainfall data and determine: the sum, daily mean, monthly mean,
annual mean, number of dry and wet days, consecutive wet days, consecutive dry days, minimum and
maximum rainfall, first standard deviation, 2nd standard deviation, and 3rd standard deviation.
Note: input data must span at least a decade to be viable.
The RAS only processes rainfall data in the format: YYYYDDD rainfall. Where YYYY is the year,
DDD is the day corresponding to the respective month-day in that year, and rainfall is the measure of
rainfall in "_units."_ For example, 1919002 130.00 where "1919" is the year, "002" represents January
2, and 130.00 is rainfall measurement in _"units"._

Figure 1: The Rainfall Analysis System (RAS)

Read Module Psuedocode

IF click on "find" THEN
Open dialog box to select textfile
Select text file
Open Text file
Return textfile address as filename
Close dialog box
ENDIF
Ask user for Start Date
Ask user for End Date
IF user click "read" THEN
IF filename or Start Date or End Date is empty THEN
return error
ELSE
Show data in text-area
Show calculated results in respective text-fields
ENDIF
ENDIF

IF user click "view data" THEN

Show related content
ENDIF
IF user click "daily mean" THEN
Show graph corresponding to daily mean
ENDIF
IF user click "monthly mean" THEN
Show graph corresponding to monthly mean
ENDIF
IF user click "print out hard copy" THEN
Create file for printing
Ask user-input:
1. Print Now
2. Cancel
IF Print Now THEN
Open file in gedit
ELSE
Cancel
ENDIF
ENDIF

Write Module Psuedocode

IF user click "Create/Append/Edit Data" THEN
Show Menu:
1. Create textfile
2. Write data into textfile
3. Modify data
IF user click "Create..." THEN
Ask for filename
Save Textfile
ELSE-IF user click "Write data..." THEN
Select textfile to write
Open textfile
Ask for the year
Ask for the month
Ask for the amount of rainfall
Save data
ELSE-IF user click "Modify data" THEN
Select textfile to modify
Open textfile in external text-editor
ENDIF
ENDIF