Climatology of Orographic Precipitation Gradients in the Contiguous Western United States
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Climatology of Orographic Precipitation Gradients in the Contiguous Western United States

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  • Journal Title:
    Journal of Hydrometeorology
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    NWS (National Weather Service)
  • Description:
    Orographic precipitation gradients (OPG) relating to the increase or decrease in precipitation amount with elevation are not well studied or analyzed except for case examples. A quality controlled daily OPG dataset for the western United States that is based on a linear regression framework of gauge precipitation observations and elevation for a 39-yr time period was created and analyzed to identify spatial and temporal patterns and variability in OPG and some of the drivers of variability on seasonal, annual, interannual, and climatological time scales. Most locations in the western United States experience positive OPG during most of the year, exhibiting an annual cycle with the highest magnitude of OPG in the winter season and lowest magnitude of OPG in the summer season. Coastal locations tend to have OPG with higher magnitude and larger variability in OPG than do interior locations during cool seasons. Empirical orthogonal function analysis identifies two principal components that account for 33% of the variability in a subset of the OPG dataset, and these modes of variability are related to precipitation amount and atmospheric circulation over the Pacific Ocean. Comparison of daily OPG with similarly calculated 3-day and monthly OPG identifies that OPG magnitudes are sensitive to the choice of length of the precipitation accumulation period.
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    Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(8), 1723-1740
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    1525-755X;1525-7541;
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    American Meteorological Society
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
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    Grant no. NA17NWS4680001
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