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Global greening and its relationship with climate change remain the hot topics in recent years, and are of critical importance for understanding the interactions between the terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle and the climate system. China, especially...

This study focuses on the long-range chemical composition and pollution characteristics of precipitation components. Samples were collected from Jeju Island in 1997–2015, and their major ionic components were analyzed. Comparison of ion balance...

This study analyzed the microphysical characteristics of stratiform and convective precipitation over an inland arid region of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau in summer for the first time. The observed precipitation data were from the OTT Parsivel² laser...

Based on the monthly mean reanalysis data from NCEP/NCAR (National Centers for Environmental Prediction/ National Center for Atmospheric Research) and GPCP (Global Precipitation Climatology Project) (1979–2020), the regional characteristics of...

Rainfall characteristics during the rice growth period were analyzed using long-term data (1986–2017) from three typical irrigation stations, namely, Pinghu, Jinqing, and Yongkang in East China. Annual rainfall, concentration indices, and month...

Sediment is the main carrier of pollutants in river channels. This study analyzed the distribution characteristics of precipitation, runoff, and sediment and their response characteristics in the Daning River basin. Based on daily precipitation (1979...

To investigate the influence of complex terrain on precipitation characteristics in the Jinsha River Basin (JRB), this study analyzes the spatiotemporal distribution of precipitation amount, frequency, and intensity under different topographic factor...

Precipitation events have been occurring more frequently in the hyper-arid region of the Taklamakan Desert (TD) under recent climate change. However, in this water-limited environment, the microphysical characteristics of precipitation, as well as th...

Tropical cyclones (TCs) are often accompanied by heavy precipitation, which may lead to natural disasters and a serious threat to life and property. However, they also provide indispensable water resources. Studying the temporal and spatial character...

In this study, the temporal and spatial patterns of rainfall in the Longchuan River basin from 1977 to 2017 were analyzed, to assess the feature of precipitation. Based on the daily precipitation time series, the Lorenz curve, precipitation concentra...

To clarify the response mechanisms of soil nematodes as bioindicators of ecosystem health to precipitation variations in loess hilly forests, this study investigated soil nematodes in pure Populus hopeiensis forests across different precipitation gra...

Precipitation is a key environmental factor determining plant community structure and function. Knowledge of how community characteristics and leaf stoichiometric traits respond to variation in precipitation is crucial for assessing the effects of gl...

The mechanical response of 7xxx aluminum alloys is strongly influenced by both alloy chemistry and the resulting microstructure. In this study, the effect of precipitate characteristics on the fatigue behavior of three 7xxx aluminum alloys with diffe...

Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation is an efficient and environmentally friendly soil stabilization technology. To explore the mineralization performance of carbonate precipitation, this study selects three factors, including the type o...

The Southwest China vortex (SWV) is a high-impact mesoscale cyclonic vortex that typically originates over Sichuan Province, China, and frequently produces hazardous rainfall. Yet systematic knowledge of the structural and microphysical properties of...

By utilizing daily precipitation data from 400 meteorological stations in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) of China, atmospheric and oceanic reanalysis data, this study investigates the climatological characteristics, leading modes, and relationships wit...

In remote areas with steep topography, such as the Tropical Andes, reliable precipitation data with a high temporal resolution are scarce. Therefore, studies focusing on the diurnal properties of precipitation are hampered. In this paper, we investig...

It is rare to conduct a comparative analysis of precipitation characteristics across regions based on long-term homogeneous active satellite observations. By collocating the Global Precipitation Measurement Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (GPM DPR...

This work presents the results of a ten-year investigation (2010–2019) on the characteristics and sources of precipitation pollution in typical cities locating in the economic belt on the North Slope of Tianshan Mountain, Xinjiang. The water-so...

The increase of extreme precipitation (EP) frequency and the aggravation of disasters have seriously disrupted the normal economic and social development of human beings. The complex topography of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau region (YGPR) and the fact...

Statistical characteristics of atmospheric circulation patterns (ACPs) and associated diurnal variation characteristics (DVCs) of precipitation in summer (June–August) from 2015 to 2019 over the complex terrain in northern Xinjiang (NX), northw...

Research on the differences and correlations of typhoon precipitation along similar trajectories, as well as their underlying causes, remains insufficient. Therefore, this study selects two typhoons with similar tracks but significantly different pre...

The precipitation conce ntration degree (PCD) and precipitation concentration period (PCP) in the Liaohe River basin (LRB) from 1960 to 2020 were calculated depending on the daily precipitation data derived from meteorological stations. The mutations...

To investigate the seasonal characteristics, sources, and regional transport patterns of precipitation components in the high-elevation mountainous regions, field sampling was conducted at Mt. Heng (Hunan, South China) from June 2021 to May 2022. In...

With climate warming, the global precipitation patterns have undergone significant changes, which will profoundly impact flood–drought disaster regimes and socioeconomic development in key regions of human activity worldwide. The convergence zo...

A novel classification algorithm for precipitation types (CP) was developed to address frequent misclassification issues between shallow convection and intense stratiform precipitation using existing methods and to enhance an understanding of their p...

Understanding the spatial and temporal variation characteristics of atmospheric water resources in each region of China is essential for their exploitation. In this study, we focus on the variation in atmospheric precipitable water (PW), cloud parame...

High-resolution meteorological datasets are urgently needed for understanding the hydrological cycle of the Tibetan Plateau (TP), where ground-based meteorological stations are sparse. Rapid advances in remote sensing create possibilities to represen...

Forest aboveground biomass (AGB) is not simply affected by a single factor or a few factors, but also by the interaction between them in complex ways across multiple spatial scales. Understanding the joint effect of stand structural characteristics a...

In this study, diurnal characteristics and long-term changes in extreme precipitation (PR) in the Republic of Korea (KR) are investigated. Hourly PR data from 59 ASOS stations across the country over a 50-year period (1973–2022) are used. The f...

Millimeter wave cloud radar (MMCR) is one of the primary instruments employed to observe cloud–precipitation. With appropriate data processing, measurements of the Doppler spectra, spectral moments, and retrievals can be used to study the physi...

This study examines long-term spatial and temporal trends of drought characteristics based on the Standardized Precipitation Index at three different time scales (3, 6, and 12 months) over Zambia from 1981 to 2017. Drought characteristic conditions s...

This paper reports the results of studies on the concentrations of total suspended solids (TSS) and heavy metals (HMs) (Cu, Zn, Cr, Ni, Cd, Pb) in stormwater. Pollutant loads were calculated for the observed high water stages. Pollutographs showing M...

It is crucial to identify drought characteristics and determine drought severity in response to climate change. Aiming at the increasingly serious drought situation in the Yellow River Basin, this study firstly selected the standardized precipitation...

Precipitation is one of the integral components of the global hydrological cycle. Accurate estimation of precipitation is vital for numerous applications ranging from hydrology to climatology. Following the launch of the Global Precipitation Measurem...

Different regions exhibit significant differences in the characteristics of extreme precipitation, and the differentiation of such characteristics is not reported for all regions. To distinguish the characteristics of extreme precipitation in differe...

Precipitation occurs in individual events, but the event characteristics of precipitation are often neglected. This work seeks to identify the precipitation events on both spatial and temporal scales, explore the event characteristics of precipitatio...

ERA5-Land is a valuable reanalysis data resource that provides near-real-time, high-resolution, multivariable data for various applications. Using daily precipitation data from 301 meteorological stations in the Yellow River Basin from 2001 to 2013 a...

In the context of global climate change, it is important to monitor abnormal changes in extreme precipitation events that lead to frequent floods. This research used precipitation indices to describe variations in extreme precipitation and analyzed t...

The Songliao River Basin (SLRB) is a key agricultural region in China, and understanding precipitation variations can provide crucial support for water resource management and sustainable development. This study used CN05.1 observational data and the...

South China is characterized by abundant and complex precipitation, with frequent typhoons, heavy rainfall, and pronounced extreme events, making it an ideal region for precipitation microphysics research. This study uses rainfall observations from a...

Precipitation products play an important role in monitoring rainstorm processes. This study takes a rare historical event of extreme, heavy precipitation that occurred in Henan Province, China, in July 2021 as a research case. By analyzing the distri...

Satellite-based precipitation products (SPPs) provide valuable precipitation information for various applications. Their performance, however, varies significantly from region to region due to various data sources and production processes. This paper...

Located in the Heilongjiang (Amur) River in north-east Asia, spanning four countries, plays a crucial role as an international border river, and its meteorological changes significantly impact the variation in water resources in the basin. This study...

The study of climate element distribution models under complex terrain conditions is a popular topic in the field of GIS application in climatology, especially in plateau areas with a complex topography and scarce meteorological station information....

Concurrently improving the formability and post-formed strength of Al-Zn-Mg alloy sheets is crucial for producing high-strength parts with complex shapes. A novel process of aging warm-forming (AWF) to form solution heat-treated and water-quenched al...

This study uses GPM DPR and Himawari-8 cloud-top infrared data to classify the precipitating cloud (PC) into three life stages: developing, mature, and dissipating. Based on GPM DPR data from April to June 2018–2022, this research investigates...

Continuous observations from geostationary satellites can show the morphology of precipitation cloud systems in quasi-real-time, but there are still large deviations in the inversion of precipitation. We used binary-connected area recognition technol...

The traditional station-based drought index is vulnerable because of the inadequate spatial distribution of the station, and also, it does not fully reflect large-scale, dynamic drought information. Thus, large-scale drought monitoring has been widel...

Global warming is the greatest challenge faced by humankind, and the only way to reduce or totally eliminate its effects is by minimizing CO₂ emissions. Electrostatic precipitators are very useful as a means to reduce emissions from heavy industry fa...