Seasonal and diurnal characteristics of rainfall at ENA from 20141101 thru 20171130

Description

Data collected at ENA from the optical rain gauge combined with the data from the co-located 2DVD and Parsivel2 disdrometers provides a solid base upon which to examine seasonal and diurnal properties of rainfall for that location. Three years of data are available and good agreement between the three instruments is documented. The needs and methods used to filter the disdrometer data are also discussed. The seasonal and diurnal 1) rainfall amount and 2) rain rate can be investigated as well as properties (Dm, Nw, and mu) of the observed rain drop size spectra. The ENA KAZR data is used to classify precipitation regimes including drizzle, stratiform and shallow convective events. Rainfall is one third of the “Clouds, Aerosols, and Precipitation” climate change uncertainty triumvirate and the observations reported here and their study contribute to our greater understanding of this climate change issue.