Scientists are working to improve the forecasting of heavy rains in Panama following several events over the past decade that caused substantial flooding and damage.
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More Clustered Clouds Amplify Tropical Rainfall Extremes
Both satellite observations and model simulations reveal that more aggregated convection amplifies the increase in extreme rainfall events on a year-to-year basis.
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Rainwater Harvesting Can Reduce Flooding as Well as Saving Water
Weather forecasting can greatly improve benefits of rainwater harvesting.
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Tropical Cyclones Suppress Rainfall in Their Wakes
Passing storms dredge up colder ocean water, curbing evaporation and decreasing cloud coverage and rainfall for weeks, satellite data reveal.
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Meiyu: The Dragon Dictating Rainfall Variability in East Asia
According to Chinese myth, rain is water poured out of a dragon; in reality is the Meiyu that dictates rainfall in eastern Asia, producing rain belts jumping from south in spring to north in summer.
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Heavy Rains, Human Activity, and Rising Waters at Lake Victoria
Water levels in Africa’s largest lake have risen over a meter since last fall and continue to increase as land use changes and heavy rains enhance the flow.
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Understanding Tropical Rainfall Projections Under Climate Change
A new mechanism explains changes in the probability distribution of tropical rainfall, which is not expected to change uniformly in a warming climate.
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Machine Learning Improves Satellite Rainfall Estimates
A new deep learning approach bridges ground rain gauge and radar data with spaceborne radar observations of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission to improve precipitation estimation.
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Accounting for the Fact that Snow Falls Slower than Rain
When calibrating satellite observations with ground-based ones, estimated precipitation rates are improved by considering that snow takes longer to fall compared to rain.
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Rainfall Kick-Starts Slow-Moving Landslides
A census of hundreds of slow-moving landslides in Northern California reveals an uptick in the number and speed of landslides in 2017, the second-wettest year on record.