ABSTRACT An extension of Sinclair’s diagnostic model of orographic precipitation (‘‘VDEL’’) is developed for use in data-poor regions to enhance rainfall estimates. This extension (VDELB) combines a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In our previous lesson, we discussed the process of our water cycle. We now have a general idea of how water goes from the ocean, to the clouds, to the ground and back around.

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places in the world other than the poles. It’s about the size of Cuba, but sometimes receives just a millimeter of rain per year, making it ...

random weather question surfaces in the KQED newsroom, to wit: “A member of my household (OK, my husband) would like to know why do some parts of the Bay Area always get more rain than others? We get ...

There is a lot of talk surrounding tropical systems and how rainfall is even more severe in mountainous terrain. This is because of a phenomenon called orographic lift. Orographic lift occurs when ...

ABSTRACT The authors improve the high-resolution Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) product for Typhoon Morakot (2009) over Taiwan by using an orographic/nonorographic rainfall ...

A research team led by Prof. ZHAO Chun from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed the influence of rainfall on the inter-annual ...