The Fortaleza
precipitation data in Brazil presented a 52 year cycle — with sub-multiples, phase angles and amplitudes; integrated — .
All precipitation data in cold climates are only approximate, because snow is driven by wind and it is hard to discriminate between falling and blowing snow.
Not exact matches
«The complementary meteorological and satellite
data and interpretation provided by the authors strengthen the case that dust from disparate global sources can enhance
precipitation in certain meteorological environments,» Spackman wrote
in an email.
«So we were making these measurements while people were on the ground collecting the
precipitation and getting radar
data,» and together, they were able to paint a better picture of how what happened
in the cloud influenced the rain or snow falling on the ground.
«We realized
in 2013 that there was almost no
data on the drought resistance of Amazonian canopy trees, and several recent droughts raised the question of how these trees would fare if climate change caused increased anomalies
in precipitation.»
The environmental
data sets from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and the MODIS sensors will continue into the next decade with
data provided by their follow - on missions: the Global
Precipitation Measurement mission to launch
in early 2014, and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi National Polar - orbiting Partnership satellite currently
in orbit.
However, the climatic and
precipitation data stored
in the stalagmite showed a clearly higher age.
The corresponding studies were funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with a total of EUR 600,000 for two years under the project «Integrating Microwave Link
Data for Analysis of
Precipitation in Complex Terrain: Theoretical Aspects and Hydrometeorological Applications» (IMAP).
The researchers reviewed
precipitation data and found that the Oso area experienced record - breaking rainfall
in the weeks leading up to the slide.
Loss of the afternoon
data would mean a «50 % error increase
in [forecasting]
precipitation rates
in southern US,» according to a NOAA presentation.
By analyzing
data from 270 monitoring sites around the country, Zhang and his colleagues found that the amount of nitrogen deposition, as measured
in precipitation, had increased by 60 % — or 8 kilograms per hectare per year — between 1980 and 2010.
Using U.S. Weather Service
data on
precipitation, radiosonde measurements of CAPE and lightning - strike counts from the National Lightning Detection Network at the University of Albany, State University of New York (UAlbany), they concluded that 77 percent of the variations
in lightning strikes could be predicted from knowing just these two parameters.
This year's fire risk comes on the heels of a severe drought
in eastern and southeastern Brazil, where the satellite
data showed a continued reduction
in rainfall and a drawdown of groundwater associated with lower than normal
precipitation.
To check their model forecast, as the dry season has gotten underway, the researchers have compared their initial forecast with observations coming
in from NASA's
precipitation satellite missions» multisatellite datasets, as well as groundwater
data from the joint NASA / German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission.
In addition to global evapotranspiration trends, they examined vegetation greenness and general climate
data including temperature,
precipitation and cloudiness.
Weather
data from that era, including trends
in precipitation, suggest that glaciers
in the area should have been expanding, or at least holding their ground.
With the help of models, the researchers — more than a dozen scientists from institutes throughout Europe — analyzed
data on the species found
in the bogs alongside
data on climate variables like temperature, moisture and
precipitation.
They also used
data on
precipitation in Colombia from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to model changes under different temperature and
precipitation scenarios.
The study examined what is likely to be seen
in terms of
precipitation, snowpack accumulation and water runoff over the next century, versus the same
data for the years from 1976 and 2005.
NEON collects and produces
data on
precipitation patterns, soil and groundwater dynamics, interactions with vegetation, and processes such as nutrient cycling and food web dynamics
in aquatic ecosystems to support the comprehensive study of water cycles throughout diverse ecosystems.
A Climate Central analysis of 65 years of winter
precipitation data from more than 2,000 weather stations
in 42 states, found a decrease
in the percent of
precipitation falling as snow
in winter months for every region of the country.
In virtually all states with stations below 2,000 feet, the
data show a trend toward a higher percentage of rain during the winter
precipitation season.
Increases have also been reported for rarer
precipitation events (1
in 50 year return period), but only a few regions have sufficient
data to assess such trends reliably.
The formation, size and movement of glaciers can provide valuable
data, he said, because these characteristics reflect current and historic changes
in temperature,
precipitation or both.
Issued January 13, 2016: This temperature and
precipitation analysis is based on
data back to 1895, resulting
in 121 years of
data.
The ARM
data will provide more detailed measurements of both aerosols and clouds to assist the research team
in quantifying the impacts of aerosols on
precipitation under a variety of atmospheric and pollution conditions.
While there has been a 70 percent increase
in heavy
precipitation events
in the region since 1958, most of that has been
in warm weather rainstorms, Ken Kunkel, a researcher at the National Climatic
Data Center
in Asheville, N.C., said.
I'm always a bit amused at those who promote AGW, and the media who support them, continue to use emotive, evocative words
in their descriptions of mathematic statistical functions of temperatures and / or
precipitation data sets.
The NWS has uses software for analysis of inconsistencies
in data due to changes
in station locations, vegetation and other characteristics that influence temperature and
precipitation readings.
Data from the tropical and subtropical Andes suggest that changes
in precipitation and cloud cover
in the latter portion of the 20th century are minor, and that changes
in these quantities are unlikely candidates for explaining Andes glacier retreat.
He cited a recent analysis by scientists from the National Climatic
Data Center that confirmed earlier studies showing a substantial increase already
in the intensity of
precipitation across the United States, interspersed by longer dry spells.
«Century of
Data Shows Intensification of Water Cycle but No Increase
in Storms or Floods Released: 3/15/2006 12:13:21 PM» (excerpt) A review of the findings from more than 100 peer - reviewed studies shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, including
precipitation and evaporation, this trend has not consistently resulted
in an increase
in the frequency or intensity of tropical storms or floods over the past century.
A clear and more detailed explanation can be found
in Section 2.1 of the Simmons et al 2010 JGR article «Low - frequency variations
in surface atmospheric humidity, temperature, and
precipitation: Inferences from reanalyses and monthly gridded observational
data sets» (doi: 10.1029 / 2009JD012442).
They show that human - induced increases
in greenhouse gases have contributed to the observed intensification of heavy
precipitation events found
in approximately two - thirds of
data - covered parts of Northern Hemisphere land areas.
As to actual
data you may want to search on the recent
data regarding the surface accumulation
in the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic by NASA and the NOAA US Western coastline aerosol detection stations regarding aerosol
precipitation fallout being detected there.
In major reconstructions of past climates, temperature series are created from
data and processes that are primarily due to
precipitation.
Data is even worse spatially and temporally for water
in all its forms, especially
precipitation.
NOAA
data also shows an increase
in one - day
precipitation events (single days of either rain or snow) since the middle of the 20th century.
Increases have also been reported for rarer
precipitation events (1
in 50 year return period), but only a few regions have sufficient
data to assess such trends reliably (see Figure TS.10).
To solve this problem I looked at three patterns of the 6558 day period, overlaid them at the daily weather
data level, and plotted the resultant combined signal for
Precipitation, and temperature patterns for the USA, extended that cyclic interpenetration for a six year period, and plotted out maps to show the repeating reoccurring patterns
in the global circulation, as a (6 year long stretch, we are now ~ 40 months into the posted 6 years long) forecast for part of the current repeat of the 6558 day long cycle.
To estimate robustly where the maximum is, you can calculate an expected value of the latitude using a high power of the
precipitation distribution as the weighting function; gives the maximum, but gives a robust estimate
in practice, which smooths over the discretization of the
data.
Simmons, A. J., K. M. Willett, P. D. Jones, P. W. Thorne, and D. P. Dee, 2010: Low - frequency variations
in surface atmospheric humidity, temperature, and
precipitation: Inferences from reanalyses and monthly gridded observational
data sets.
These facts help explain why,
in spite of the Earth's air temperature increasing to a level that the IPCC claims is unprecedented
in the the past millennium or more, a recent study by Randall et al. (2013) found that the 14 % extra carbon dioxide fertilization caused by human emissions between 1982 and 2010 caused an average worldwide increase
in vegetation foliage by 11 % after adjusting the
data for
precipitation effects.
The
data suggest there will be less
precipitation next month
in the Interior but more along the Arctic Ocean coast, and warmer temperatures.
If observations of
precipitation are available, you'll want to use those, at the least,
in a comparison with the reanalysis
data.
Low - frequency variations
in surface atmospheric humidity, temperature, and
precipitation: Inferences from reanalyses and monthly gridded observational
data sets
The challenge of collecting and analyzing
precipitation data collected at different times,
in different places, and on different scales.
A recent article
in Reviews of Geophysics presents a comprehensive review of the
data sources and estimation methods of 30 currently available global
precipitation datasets.
Students analyze
precipitation data from tour cities to predict the best time of year to perform
in these areas.
Since ENSO has a strong role
in modulating global temperatures as well as affecting regional
precipitation patterns, a CFR method of temperature reconstruction can effectively exploit regional ENSO /
precipitation teleconnections that register
in proxy
data.