A Summary of Precipitation Characteristics from the 2006-11 Northern Australian Wet Seasons as Revealed by ARM Disdrometer Research Facilities (Darwin, Australia)

作者：Giangrande Scott E^*; Bartholomew Mary Jane; Pope Mick; Collis Scott; Jensen Michael P

来源：Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2014, 53(5): 1213-1231.

DOI：10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0222.1

• Madden-Julian oscillation
• Monsoons
• Precipitation
• Rainfall
• Drop size distribution

The variability of rainfall and drop size distributions (DSDs) as a function of large-scale atmospheric conditions and storm characteristics is investigated using measurements from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) facility at Darwin, Australia. Observations are obtained from an impact disdrometer with a near continuous record of operation over five consecutive wet seasons (2006-11). Bulk rainfall characteristics are partitioned according to diurnal accumulation, convective and stratiform precipitation classifications, objective monsoonal regime, and MJO phase. Findings support previous Darwin studies suggesting a significant diurnal and DSD parameter signal associated with both convective-stratiform and wet season monsoonal regime classification. Negligible MJO phase influence is determined for cumulative disdrometric statistics over the Darwin location.

• 出版日期2014-5