Keywords
Florida Climate
AE517
AE517
How to Cite
Zhang, Meijing, Young Gu Her, Katie Migiliaccio, and Clyde Fraisse. 2017. “Florida Rainfall Data Sources and Types: AE517/AE517, 1/2017”. EDIS 2017 (2). Gainesville, FL:5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae517-2017.
Abstract
This new 5-page document introduces the sources, providers, and types of rainfall data available to Florida researchers and residents to promote understanding of the rainfall data and their application in studies and daily life. Written by Meijing Zhang, Young Gu Her, Kati Migliaccio, and Clyde Fraisse, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, January 2017.
AE517/AE517: Florida Rainfall Data Sources and Types (ufl.edu)
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McCollum, J. R., W. F. Krajewski, R. R. Ferraro, and M. B. Ba. 2002. "Evaluation of biases of satellite rainfall estimation algorithms over the continental United States." Journal of Applied Meteorology 41: 1065-1080. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1065:EOBOSR>2.0.CO;2
Menne, M. J., I. Durre, R. S. Vose, B. E. Gleason, and T. G. Houston. 2012. "An overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily database." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 29: 897-910. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00103.1
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Stout, G. E., and E. A. Mueller. 1968. "Survey of relationships between rainfall rate and radar reflectivity in the measurement of precipitation." Journal of Applied Meteorology 7: 465-474. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1968)007<0465:SORBRR>2.0.CO;2
Yilmaz, K. K., T. S. Hogue, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, H. V. Gupta, and T. Wagener. 2005. "Intercomparison of rain gauge, radar, and satellite-based precipitation estimates with emphasis on hydrologic forecasting." Journal of Hydrometeorology 6(4): 497-517. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM431.1
Daly, C. 2006. "Guidelines for assessing the suitability of spatial climate data sets." International Journal of Climatology 26: 707-721. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1322
Daly, C., W. P. Gibson, G. H. Taylor, G. L. Johnson, and P. Pasteris. 2002. "A knowledge-based approach to the statistical mapping of climate." Climate Research 22: 99-113. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr022099
Daly, C., R. P. Neilson, and D. L. Phillips. 1994. "A statistical-topographic model for mapping climatological precipitation over mountainous terrain." Journal of Applied Meteorology 33: 140-158. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1994)033<0140:ASTMFM>2.0.CO;2
Daly, C., G. Taylor, W. Gibson, T. Parzybok, G. Johnson, and P. Pasteris. 2000. "High-quality spatial climate data sets for the United States and beyond." Transactions of the ASAE 43: 1957. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.3101
De Pondeca, M. S., G. S. Manikin, G. DiMego, S. G. Benjamin, D. F. Parrish, R. J. Purser, W.-S. Wu, J. D. Horel, D. T. Myrick, and Y. Lin. 2011. "The real-time mesoscale analysis at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction: Current status and development." Weather and Forecasting 26: 593-612. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-10-05037.1
Dzotsi, K., C. Matyas, J. Jones, G. Baigorria, and G. Hoogenboom. 2014. "Understanding high resolution space‐time variability of rainfall in southwest Georgia, United States." International Journal of Climatology 34: 3188-3203. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3904
FAWN. 2016. "FAWN-Florida Automated Weather Network." UF/IFAS Extension. Accessed on January 12, 2017. http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/
Florida Climate Center. 2016. "Average annual precipitation." Florida State University, Office of the State Climatologist. Accessed on October 13, 2016. https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/data/weather-planner-maps/average-annual-precipitation
Krajewski, W. F., G. J. Ciach, and E. Habib. 2003. "An analysis of small-scale rainfall variability in different climatic regimes." Hydrological Sciences Journal 48: 151-162. https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.48.2.151.44694
Lin, Y., and K. E. Mitchell. 2005. "1.2 the NCEP stage II/IV hourly precipitation analyses: Development and applications." 19th Conf. Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, San Diego, CA, USA. Citeseer.
McCollum, J. R., W. F. Krajewski, R. R. Ferraro, and M. B. Ba. 2002. "Evaluation of biases of satellite rainfall estimation algorithms over the continental United States." Journal of Applied Meteorology 41: 1065-1080. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1065:EOBOSR>2.0.CO;2
Menne, M. J., I. Durre, R. S. Vose, B. E. Gleason, and T. G. Houston. 2012. "An overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily database." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 29: 897-910. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00103.1
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. 2017. "PRISM climate data." PRISM Climate Group. Accessed on January 12, 2017. http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
Skinner, C., F. Bloetscher, and C. S. Pathak. 2009. "Comparison of NEXRAD and rain gauge precipitation measurements in south Florida." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 14: 248-260. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2009)14:3(248)
Stout, G. E., and E. A. Mueller. 1968. "Survey of relationships between rainfall rate and radar reflectivity in the measurement of precipitation." Journal of Applied Meteorology 7: 465-474. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1968)007<0465:SORBRR>2.0.CO;2
Yilmaz, K. K., T. S. Hogue, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, H. V. Gupta, and T. Wagener. 2005. "Intercomparison of rain gauge, radar, and satellite-based precipitation estimates with emphasis on hydrologic forecasting." Journal of Hydrometeorology 6(4): 497-517. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM431.1