PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A STUDY OF STEADY PRECIPITATION, BASED ON DATA OF A DENSE RAIN-GAGE NETWORK
Abstract
A method of investigation is presented and the properties of fields of steady precipitation are studied on the basis of the observations of a dense rain-gage network at the weather experiment range (WER) for six winter months of 1960-1962. The study deals with steady precipitation over the entire WER, the synoptic processes producing it, the optimum areas for averaging, the horizontal inhomogeneity of precipitation distribution on charts of semidiurnal and diurnal precipitation, and methods of smoothing the latter. The results should be applicable to studies of the physics of precipitation formation, evaluation of the effectiveness of experiments in seeding 'raining' clouds, and computation of the amount of steady precipitation for any given area.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0667407
Entities
People
- M. P. Leonov
Organizations
- American Meteorological Society