Questions tagged [rainfall]
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Using salinity to predict rainfall
Recently, a new method has been proposed by Ray Schmitt (WHOI) and collaborators to use salinity patterns in the ocean to predict weather events (more specifically, rainfall) at scales from weeks to ...
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Free historical weather data API
Where can I find a free Python API that provides historical weather data (temperature, rainfall)? I'd need data of an Italian city, at least with hourly granularity.
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Roughly what proportion of a cloud does 'rain out'?
What proportion of the water in a cloud will 'rain out'?
Or, comparing the cloud before and after it has rained, what proportion of the water is left afterwards?
I really have no idea so am just ...
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What are typical ranges of rainfall drop sizes, speeds, and areal or volume densities?
I'd like to look into the possibility of using a Raspberry Pi and the PiCam module to detect rain, and to try to make some measurements of droplet size and rate. This could be done using an LED flash ...
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Desert greening - Do we have long term (several decades) data on precipitation around the Sahara?
This article of desert greening states that some areas around the Sahara have seen increased plant growth in recent decades, caused by global warming. The causal chain would be warmer air can hold ...
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To what degree do large lakes influence precipitation levels compared to the ocean?
I was wondering what percentage of precipitation could be estimated to have been contributed by large lakes such as the Great Lakes or Lake Baikal in the immediate vicinity of said lakes (say, within ...
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Correlation of El Nino and south indian monsoon
A recent article in New Scientist reports the following claim made by Wenju Cai at CSIRO Melbourne.
Southern India is having a lot of rain as it goes into winter, having
come out of the dry ...
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How to choose “relevant” precipitation durations for flash flood modelling?
For my thesis, I model flash floods in urban areas. A book with recommended practices says to use events with a recurrence interval of 30 and 50 years. Regarding the duration of the precipitation ...
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Short-term forecast of Europe by using synoptic charts
I should make a short-term forecast of Europe by using synoptic charts. I'm finding it really hard so I'd be glad if you help me.
'Š' means high atmospheric pressure
I'm trying to figure out the ...
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How to use gridded data for a catchment scale analysis?
I need to use gridded rainfall data (0.1 degree grids) and station discharge data for analysing rainfall-runoff relationships. How do I process the data in such a way that it is justifiable to compare ...
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Weather measurements of how long ago affects the amount of rainfall? (Which lags of temperature, precipitation, windspeed, radiation. humidity. )
I am trying to predict the amount of rainfall using weather measurements (temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed, surface radiation).
For long term, midterm, and short term predictions, ...
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Rainfall guage stations outside the watershed
How can I determine the rainfall depth for an event over the watershed, if I just have two stations, S1 and S2, that are outside the catchment?
Methods I have thought of were to take the average of ...
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Changes in rainfalls, sea level and tropical cyclones
Is there any scientific evidence that exploitation of natural resources (fossil energies, forests etc.) affects rainfalls or sea level, which can represent extreme events?
I read IPCC 2014 report and ...
