Influence of natural rainfall variability on the evaluation of artificial precipitation enhancement

• Published in: Science China. Earth sciences Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 906 - 914
• Main Authors: Wu, XiangHua, Niu, ShengJie, Jin, DeZhen, Sun, HaiYan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Science China Press 01.06.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Artificial precipitation; Climate; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Hydrologic data; Meteorology; Precipitation; Rain; Rainfall; Research Paper; Statistical analysis; Variability; 人工增雨; 影响评价; 控制单元; 播种效果; 统计模拟方法; 自然; 降水变率; 降雨量; detectable lower limit; bootstrap; natural rainfall variability; case deletion model; seeding effect

Evaluating cloud seeding effects is one of the most critical issues in artificial precipitation enhancement experiments. However the evaluation is not straightforward because there is natural rainfall variability, which subjects the atmosphere to spatiotem- poral instabilities. The aim of this study...