precipitation area

[prə‚sip·ə′tā·shən ‚er·ē·ə]

(meteorology)

On a synoptic surface chart, an area over which precipitation is falling.

In radar meteorology, the region from which a precipitation echo is received.

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Considering an average of cell 2101 and its eight nearest neighbours, the errors raise to 38 mm/month of MAE and 48 mm/month of RMSE; this could be due to the inclusion of lower values far from the peak precipitation area of the watershed.

High-Resolution Monthly Precipitation Fields (1913-2015) over a Complex Mountain Area Centred on the Forni Valley (Central Italian Alps)

This superrefraction looks like a precipitation area that remains almost perfectly motionless.

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According to Constud estimates, the high precipitation area in western Lithuania continues along the seacoast in Latvia.

Interpolative mapping of mean precipitation in the Baltic countries by using landscape characteristics/Balti riikide pikaajalise keskmise sademete hulga kaardistamine maastiku tunnuste pohjal

viridulus in Epping Forest, a high precipitation area in Essex Co., and outside the Forest in the wider Essex countryside, where precipitation is generally lower.

Precipitation and habitat degradation influence the occurrence of the common green grasshopper Omocestus viridulus in southeastern England

When speaking about reducing the precipitation area of the BPP ash field, first of all taking disconnection and recultivation of the 2nd ash field is considered.

Reducing the environmental impact of Baltic Power Plant ash fields

The land on which the grass is propagated is in a high precipitation area, getting about 60 inches of rain a year.

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Think of it this way, while about 11% of the globe is getting precipitation, there's all that other area that is net "producing" moisture for the atmosphere: "the area required to feed a precipitating weather system is 9 times the precipitation area through the convergence of moisture."

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: RAINMAKERS

The main precipitation area of this severe convective weather process is northern and western Zhejiang Province and the rainfall belt follows a northeast-southwest direction.

Influence of Ice Nuclei Parameterization Schemes on the Hail Process

Alternatively, we can take the square root of the areal dimension and convert it to a linear average radius of the supply area versus the precipitation area: in general, the radius of the supply area ranges from a factor of 3 globally to 3.5 for land, or for moderate rates the factors are 4 globally and 4.5 for land.

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Mid- and low-level streamlines and their topography are plotted in Figure 15, from which it can be observed that the severe precipitation area (A1) was at the base of the U-shape topography west of Changbai Mountain.

Observational and Simulative Study of a Local Severe Precipitation Event Caused by a Cold Vortex over Northeast China

Also lightning is clustered in the precipitation area, so strong radar returns indicate a high risk of lightning.

Thunderstorm-think: now that we're in the spring months, it's time to revisit one of our old friends, the thunderstorm, and take a close look at this hazard like a forecaster

Watch the color of the displayed precipitation to see the reflectivity level, the overall size of the precipitation area, number and locations of lightning strikes, number of cells, wind direction and speed, height of the Echo Tops, and frontal movement and speed.

XMWX Satellite Weather: not long ago, the only in-flight weather came verbally from Flight Service. Today, we have information overload, but it can still be just as difficult to form a meaningful picture