| contributor author | McCollum, Jeffrey R. | |
| contributor author | Krajewski, Witold F. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:05:49Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:05:49Z | |
| date copyright | 1997/02/01 | |
| date issued | 1997 | |
| identifier issn | 0739-0572 | |
| identifier other | ams-1233.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4147657 | |
| description abstract | The relationship between monthly mean area-averaged rainfall and monthly mean fractional rainfall occurrence is used to develop a new method of open ocean rainfall estimation. This method uses acoustic sensors attached to drifting buoys to sample rainfall occurrence in space and time. The fractional rainfall occurrences measured by the sensors are used in a linear relationship to estimate monthly rainfall averaged over large (i.e., 2.5° ? 2.5°) areas. This estimation method is tested for different scenarios using a stochastic model. Results support the feasibility of this new rainfall estimation scheme. Simulations show that the existing density of drifting buoys is inadequate, but densities around 10 times the existing density will give correlation coefficients between estimated and true rainfall around 0.55. Estimates obtained with this method may be used to calibrate and/or validate the satellite-based methods of open ocean rainfall. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Oceanic Rainfall Estimation: Sampling Studies of the Fractional-Time-in-Rain Method | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 14 | |
| journal issue | 1 | |
| journal title | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0133:ORESSO>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 133 | |
| journal lastpage | 142 | |
| tree | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;1997:;volume( 014 ):;issue: 001 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |