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precipitation
precipitation 1. In meteorology, all the forms in which water (H
2O) falls to the ground as rain, sleet, snow, hail, drizzle, or other more specialized forms, and also the amounts measured. Sometimes precipitation seen falling from clouds evaporates before reaching the ground.
2. The process of depositing dust or other substances (pollution) from the air.
3. The deposition of solid particles out of a supersaturated solution.
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Precipitation forecast of MM5 in the Taiwan area during the 1998 Mei-yu season
Magazine article from: Weather and Forecasting; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT This study presents precipitation verification, in the Taiwan area, for...highest equitable threat score (ETS) of precipitation forecasts, verified against observed precipitation, was about 0.2 at the 2.5-mm threshold...
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Precipitation Characteristics in Eighteen Coupled Climate Models
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 9/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Monthly and 3-hourly precipitation data from twentieth-century climate simulations...related variability, convective versus stratiform precipitation ratio, precipitation frequency and intensity for different precipitation...
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Precipitation scenarios over Iberia: A comparison between direct GCM output and different downscaling techniques
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...frequency distributions of monthly precipitation present a large spread of values...serious problems when modeling monthly precipitation over southern Europe. However, these...scale circulation and the observed precipitation at a local or regional scale. The...
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Daily Precipitation Grids for South America/Reply
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the development of new daily precipitation databases, such as that of...2005, hereafter LA2005). Precipitation information at daily resolution...limited attention with regard to precipitation databases (Cook et al. 2003...
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Precipitation over Concave Terrain
Magazine article from: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...intensity and distribution of precipitation over mountainous areas. In...idealized study, stratiform precipitation associated with stratified...confluence, and the associated precipitation enhancement. It is found that...
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PRECIPITATION: THEORY, MEASUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; PRECIPITATION: THEORY, MEASUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION...is essential to life on Earth, and precipitation is the hydrologic cycle's key process...conducted toward a better understanding of precipitation formation and its distribution in...
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Precipitation trends on the Canadian prairies
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Precipitation Trends on the Canadian Prairies* (Manscript...fed agriculture. The amount and timing of precipitation are critical to grain production. Information on the precipitation trend is therefore vital to this region. Regression...
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Global precipitation and thunderstorm frequencies. Part I: Seasonal and interannual variations
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 3/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...percentage of the days with various types of precipitation (drizzle, nondrizzle, showery, nonshowery...and high-latitude oceans. Nonshowery precipitation is the preferred form of precipitation over the storm-track regions at northern...
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Precipitation Recycling Variability and Ecoclimatological Stability-A Study Using NARR Data. Part I: Central U.S. Plains Ecoregion
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 10/15/2008; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Precipitation recycling is one of the key mechanisms...physical mechanisms that modulate precipitation recycling variability at the daily...becomes an important contributor to precipitation when moisture of advective origin...
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Convective Precipitation Variability as a Tool for General Circulation Model Analysis
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Precipitation variability is analyzed in two versions...as the boundary layer energizes. Precipitation is also concurrent with tropospheric...boundary layer energy buildup and precipitation, and a gradual increase in the...
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precipitation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
precipitation Precipitation—water falling to the ground—is one of the single most obvious elements of the weather. The presence of precipitation is quickly felt once it occurs, and its total duration in time...
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Precipitation
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Precipitation Precipitation is defined both in chemistry and in meteorology. Precipitation, in chemistry, is a process that causes dissolved substances to separate from a solution as a solid. The resulting solid, from a precipitation reaction...
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Precipitation, Global Distribution of
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Precipitation, Global Distribution of The global distribution of precipitation is influenced by the general circulation of...to large bodies of water, and topography. Precipitation is most abundant where air rises, and least...
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Precipitation and Clouds, Formation of
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Precipitation and Clouds, Formation of Clouds are condensed droplets or ice...rise to the apparently independent bulbous lobes of the cloud. Precipitation Types Precipitation elements begin to form in the part of the cloud where ice crystals...
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precipitation during Quaternary ice ages
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
precipitation during Quaternary ice ages During...complex changes in regional patterns of precipitation. In high latitudes the greatest changes...changes in the distribution of monsoon precipitation. Thus, for example, in Africa during...
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