Back to basics: measuring rainfall at sea. Part 1 - in situ sensors
Back to basics: measuring rainfall at sea. Part 1 - in situ sensors
Rainfall is an important climatic variable. Extremes in rainfall accumulations over land - either floods or droughts - have major societal implications and are obvious. At sea, the effects on human activity are less evident, apart from the inconvenience to deck passengers on cruise liners! However, improved knowledge of the
rainfall associated with weather systems approaching the UK from the Atlantic would be beneficial to weather forecasting, especially if assimilated into atmospheric models. There is an additional, more subtle, effect involving the ocean itself. At sea, the balance between precipitation and evaporation provides a critical
feedback in climate change.
rainfall, precipitation, radar, shipboard equipment, data buoys, sensors, measuring devices, recording equipment, hydrophones
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Quartly, G.D.
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Guymer, T.H.
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Birch, K.G.
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Quartly, G.D.
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Guymer, T.H.
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Birch, K.G.
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Quartly, G.D., Guymer, T.H. and Birch, K.G.
(2002)
Back to basics: measuring rainfall at sea. Part 1 - in situ sensors.
Weather, 57 (9), .
Abstract
Rainfall is an important climatic variable. Extremes in rainfall accumulations over land - either floods or droughts - have major societal implications and are obvious. At sea, the effects on human activity are less evident, apart from the inconvenience to deck passengers on cruise liners! However, improved knowledge of the
rainfall associated with weather systems approaching the UK from the Atlantic would be beneficial to weather forecasting, especially if assimilated into atmospheric models. There is an additional, more subtle, effect involving the ocean itself. At sea, the balance between precipitation and evaporation provides a critical
feedback in climate change.
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Published date: 2002
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rainfall, precipitation, radar, shipboard equipment, data buoys, sensors, measuring devices, recording equipment, hydrophones
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