Rain Rate Climatologies over Marine Regions

A method to relate archived marine meteorological observations to two-minute average rain rates is described. The method is used to produce maps that indicate the frequency of observation of critical rain rates (5,8, and 15 mm/hr) for the Atlantic, North Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Goroch, A. K., Brown, T., Vanderhill, M. J.
Other Authors: NAVAL ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION RESEARCHFACILITY MONTEREY CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
Subjects:
Meteorology
*RAIN
FREQUENCY
RATES
CLIMATE
MAPS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN
Rain rate
WU6215
PE62759N
Indian
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA144066
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA144066
Description
Summary:A method to relate archived marine meteorological observations to two-minute average rain rates is described. The method is used to produce maps that indicate the frequency of observation of critical rain rates (5,8, and 15 mm/hr) for the Atlantic, North Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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