They just have
precipitation measurements at the airport, which you can't really use for snow data,» he said.
Not exact matches
At the same time as the aircraft were taking
measurements, Creamean and her colleagues also took samples of the
precipitation on the ground and analyzed them to see whether that dust was in the rain or snow landing in the mountains.
«
Precipitation depends on ice; it's very sensitive to ice in a cloud, so figuring out what forms ice [in clouds] is sort of the holy grail of the
measurements we've been trying to do, and it's a very chemically selective process,» Prather said
at the ACS meeting yesterday afternoon.
Numerical modeling of
precipitation measurements was conducted using a supercomputer nicknamed Cheyenne
at the NCAR - Wyoming Supercomputing Center.
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.
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At the seasonal scale, products that merge satellite and gauge
measurements produce low
precipitation estimates whereas reanalysis products produce high estimates.
We also acknowledge our NASA partners
at the Global
Precipitation Measurement and SPoRT programs, with whom we have worked jointly on various aspects of snowfall rate retrievals for many years.
«Runoff,
Precipitation, mass balance, and ice velocity
measurements at South Cascade Glacier, Washington, 1993 balance year».
c,
Measurements of July to September air temperature and annual
precipitation changes
at each site between 2003 and 2002.
Uses a time series of hydrographic and stable oxygen isotope (δ18O)
measurements collected
at a near - coastal site in Marguerite Bay to quantify the prevalence of meteoric freshwater (glacial melt plus
precipitation) separately from sea ice melt
[4] Thanks to a strong El Niño that brought near average
precipitation to the northern California, the statewide April 1 snowpack
measurement in 2016 showed state water resources
at 87 percent of the long - term average; however, the snowpack was not sufficient to undo water deficits caused by years of drought.
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.
Observation times have shifted from afternoon to morning
at most stations since 1960, as part of an effort by the National Weather Service to improve
precipitation measurements.