Journal article
Estimating Rainfall in the Tropics Using the Fractional Time Raining
Journal of applied meteorology (1988), Vol.33(3), pp.387-393
03/1994
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1994)033<0387:ERITTU>2.0.CO;2
Abstract
The relationship between the fractional time raining and tropical rainfall amount is investigated using raingage data and a point process model of tropical rainfall. Both the strength and the nature of the relationship are dependent upon the resolution of the data used to estimate the fractional time raining. It is found that highly accurate estimates of rainfall amounts over periods of one month or greater can be obtained from the fractional time raining so long as high-time-resolution data are used. It is demonstrated that the relationship between the fractional time raining and monthly atoll rainfall is quasi-homogeneous within the monsoon trough region of the equatorial western Pacific.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Estimating Rainfall in the Tropics Using the Fractional Time Raining
- Creators
- Mark L MorrisseyWitold F KrajewskiMichael J McPhaden
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied meteorology (1988), Vol.33(3), pp.387-393
- DOI
- 10.1175/1520-0450(1994)033<0387:ERITTU>2.0.CO;2
- ISSN
- 0894-8763
- eISSN
- 1520-0450
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1994
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9983991980402771
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