A Climatology of Snow-to-Liquid Ratio for the Contiguous United States

Autor:	Martin A. Baxter, Charles E. Graves, James T. Moore
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Atmospheric Science Liquid ratio Descriptive statistics Meteorology Climatology Environmental science Positive skewness Spatial variability National weather service Snow
Zdroj:	Weather and Forecasting. 20:729-744
ISSN:	1520-0434 0882-8156
DOI:	10.1175/waf856.1
Popis:	A 30-yr climatology of the snow-to-liquid-equivalent ratio (SLR) using the National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Summary of the Day (COOP) data is presented. Descriptive statistics are presented for 96 NWS county warning areas (CWAs), along with a discussion of selected histograms of interest. The results of the climatology indicate that a mean SLR value of 13 appears more appropriate for much of the country rather than the often-assumed value of 10, although considerable spatial variation in the mean exists. The distribution for the entire dataset exhibits positive skewness. Histograms for individual CWAs are both positively and negatively skewed, depending upon the variability of the in-cloud, subcloud, and ground conditions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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