convective precipitation

convective precipitation

[kən′vek·div prə‚sip·ə′tā·shən]
(meteorology)
Precipitation from convective clouds, generally considered to be synonymous with showers.
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Modulated by global-, continental-, regional-, and local-scale processes, convective precipitation in coastal tropical regions is paramount in maintaining the ecological balance and socioeconomic health within them.
The convection, aerosol, and synoptic-effects in the tropics (CAST) experiment: building an understanding of multiscale impacts on Caribbean weather via field campaigns
This can be explained by the maximum of convective precipitation corresponding to the daily maximum of air temperature, which is most typical for the summer season.
Diurnal cycle of precipitation in Estonia/Sademete oopaevane jaotus Eestis
The precipitation increase for April-September found in this study is also consistent with the expected increase in conditions that support summertime convective precipitation (namely humidity and CAPE (convective available potential energy), as seen in the study by Trapp et al.
A conceptual model for assessment of climate extremes that affect corn yields
The NESDIS operational convective precipitation technique, Mon.
Estimacion de la tasa diaria de precipitacion, por satelite, en America del Sur
Precipitation from clouds formed by this process is called convective precipitation.
Chapter 3 Precipitation
This case focused on squall lines observed during the Convective Precipitation Experiment (COPE) conducted over the southwest of England during the summer of 2013.
Challenges for cloud modeling in the context of aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions
Current global climate models cannot explicitly resolve many hydrologically important processes including orographic or convective precipitation and most land surface feedbacks.
Water resources in the 2ist century: a policy statement of the American Meteorological Society
Haerter, 2013: Strong increase in convective precipitation in response to higher temperatures.
PDRMIP: a Precipitation Driver and Response Model Intercomparison Project--protocol and preliminary results: PDRMIP investigates the role of various drivers of climate change for mean and extreme precipitation changes based on multiple climate model output and energy budget analyses
The extreme-rainproducing MCS consisted of numerous well-defined, southwest-northeast-oriented, band-shaped convective precipitation regions with reflectivity >35 dBZ (simply referred to herein as rainbands) during its life-span (Figs.
The Southern China monsoon rainfall experiment (SCMREX): a unique program is developed for improving heavy rainfall forecasts over southern China during the presummer rainy season through field campaigns and research on physical mechanisms and convection-permitting modeling
A robust finding is an improvement representation of the diurnal cycle of convective precipitation that was shown for many regions and in multiple models.
Challenges and advances in convection-permitting climate modeling
Large parts of the central Great Plains witness a nocturnal maximum in the frequency of thunder storms and convective precipitation in summer (Kincer 1916; Wallace 1975; Maddox 1980; Heideman and Fritsch 1988; Colman 1990).
The 2015 plains elevated convection at night field project
From an observational perspective, it is important to accurately detect, monitor, and estimate convective precipitation over continental-scale domains using satellite- and/or ground-based remote sensing.
The midlatitude continental convective clouds experiment (MC3E)

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