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Detection and Tracking of Tropical Convective Storms Based on Globally Gridded Precipitation Measurements: Algorithm and Survey over the Tropics

This paper is the first attempt to document a simple convection-tracking method based on the IMERG precipitation product to generate an IMERG-based Convection Tracking (IMERG-CT) dataset. Up to now, ...

Simulations show complex rainfall patterns over tropical mountains with dual peaks

A high-density rain gauge observational network in Taiwan reveals that multiple precipitation peaks exist over the ...
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Righting wrongs of precipitation-type classification over Tibetan plateau with new algorithm applied to satellite radar data

Like many natural phenomena, precipitation can be both a blessing and a scourge to human life. On the one hand, it supplies our rivers and fields with water; on the other hand, it can cause floods, ...
University of Wyoming

Clouds and Precipitation Observation and Research

Jackson, R., J. R. French, D. C. Leon, D. M. Plummer, S. Lasher-Trapp, A. M. Blyth, and A. Korolev, 2018: Observations of the microphysical evolution of convective ...

'Atmospheric inversion' may help predict when a humid heat wave will break

A long stretch of humid heat followed by intense thunderstorms is a weather pattern historically seen mostly in and around ...
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Less rain in town, more rain on the farm: the effects of urbanization and irrigation on mid-Atlantic summer precipitation

Scientists know that urbanization and irrigation can significantly influence rainfall. However, they don’t fully know how these effects vary among different types of rain. Researchers investigated how ...
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Enhanced Feedback between Shallow Convection and Low-Level Moisture Convergence Leads to Improved Simulation of MJO Eastward Propagation

Recent study indicates that the non-instantaneous interaction of convection and circulation is essential for evolution of large-scale convective systems. It is incorporated into cumulus ...