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Impacts of Local Convective Processes on Rain on the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico
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2019
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(12), 6009-6026
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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Description:This study aims to determine the impacts of tropical island processes on local convective storms. An analysis of rain events on the island of Puerto Rico between 1 June 2015 and 31 July 2016 showed that local island ‐enhanced western storms accounted for 89 of 322 storms. This period is of particular importance for the Caribbean as 2015 was one of the driest years on record. While large ‐scale influences such as the El Niño –Southern Oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation, African easterly waves, and Saharan dust transport modulate moisture conditions in the region, correlations between precipitationand El Niño –Southern Oscillation ( −0.14), North Atlantic Oscillation ( −0.42), and Saharan dust (0.1) for 1980–2016 ranged from weak to moderate. Local data for the island of Puerto Rico from weather stations, the
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(12), 6009-6026
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ISSN:2169-897X;2169-8996;
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC-ND
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