Geometric and Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Clouds in Tibetan Plateau
This paper examines the basic geometric and physical characteristics of precipitation clouds over the Tibetan Plateau, based on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) data from 1998 to 2015, using the minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) method. The results show that abo...
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| description | This paper examines the basic geometric and physical characteristics of precipitation clouds over the Tibetan Plateau, based on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) data from 1998 to 2015, using the minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) method. The results show that about 60% of the precipitation clouds occur with a scale of approximately 18 km (length) and 15 km (width), and the proportion of precipitation clouds with a length longer than 100 km and a width wider than 90 km is less than 1%. Most of the precipitation cloud exhibits a shape between square and long strips in the horizontal direction and lanky in the vertical direction. The average rainfall intensity of precipitation clouds is between 0.5 and 6 mm h−1. The average length and width of precipitation clouds show a logarithmic, linear relationship. The distribution of raindrops in precipitation clouds is relatively compact. With the expansion of the area, the precipitation clouds gradually become squatty. The relationship between physical and geometric parameters of precipitation clouds shows that with the precipitation cloud area expanding, the average rainfall rate of precipitation clouds also increases. Heavy convective rainfall is more likely to occur in larger precipitation clouds. For the precipitation clouds of the same size, the area fraction and contribution of convective precipitation are lower than that of stratiform precipitation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-832b957e55094c6d9863270cfd6ff58e2025-08-20T03:37:32ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93172022-01-01202210.1155/2022/9181219Geometric and Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Clouds in Tibetan PlateauKunyu Teng0Hongke Cai1Xiubin Sun2Quanliang Chen3College of Electronic EngineeringSchool of Atmospheric ScienceCollege of Electronic EngineeringSchool of Atmospheric ScienceThis paper examines the basic geometric and physical characteristics of precipitation clouds over the Tibetan Plateau, based on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) data from 1998 to 2015, using the minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) method. The results show that about 60% of the precipitation clouds occur with a scale of approximately 18 km (length) and 15 km (width), and the proportion of precipitation clouds with a length longer than 100 km and a width wider than 90 km is less than 1%. Most of the precipitation cloud exhibits a shape between square and long strips in the horizontal direction and lanky in the vertical direction. The average rainfall intensity of precipitation clouds is between 0.5 and 6 mm h−1. The average length and width of precipitation clouds show a logarithmic, linear relationship. The distribution of raindrops in precipitation clouds is relatively compact. With the expansion of the area, the precipitation clouds gradually become squatty. The relationship between physical and geometric parameters of precipitation clouds shows that with the precipitation cloud area expanding, the average rainfall rate of precipitation clouds also increases. Heavy convective rainfall is more likely to occur in larger precipitation clouds. For the precipitation clouds of the same size, the area fraction and contribution of convective precipitation are lower than that of stratiform precipitation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9181219 |
| spellingShingle | Kunyu Teng Hongke Cai Xiubin Sun Quanliang Chen Geometric and Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Clouds in Tibetan Plateau Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Geometric and Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Clouds in Tibetan Plateau |
| title_full | Geometric and Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Clouds in Tibetan Plateau |
| title_fullStr | Geometric and Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Clouds in Tibetan Plateau |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geometric and Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Clouds in Tibetan Plateau |
| title_short | Geometric and Physical Characteristics of Precipitation Clouds in Tibetan Plateau |
| title_sort | geometric and physical characteristics of precipitation clouds in tibetan plateau |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9181219 |
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