Profile
International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJEES-104, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2016/104
Research Article
Spatial Characteristics of Rainfall at Sparsely Distributed Station Network over the High-Latitude Mountainous Regions in Eastern Siberia

Konosuke Sugiura1,2*, Shuhei Takahashi3, Takao Kameda4, Hiroyuki Enomoto5, Yuliy Kononov6 and Maria Ananicheva6

1University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
2Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3173-25, Showamachi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0001, Japan
3Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaido, 11-6, Motomombetsu, Mombetsu, Hokkaido 094-0023, Japan
4Kitami Institute of Technology, 165, Koencho, Kitami 090-8507, Japan
5Inter-university Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and Systems, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3, Midoricho, Tachikawa 190-8518, Japan
6Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, Staromonetniy pereulok 29, Moscow 119017, Russia
Dr. Konosuke Sugiura, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan, Japan; E-mail: sugiura@sci.u-toyama.ac.jp
30 January 2016; 09 April 2016; 11 April 2016
Sugiura K, Takahashi S, Kameda T, Enomoto H, Kononov Y, et al. (2016) Spatial Characteristics of Rainfall at Sparsely Distributed Station Network over the High-Latitude Mountainous Regions in Eastern Siberia. Int J Earth Environ Sci 1: 104. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2016/104
This research was partially supported by a Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 16403006, 2004-2007, Glaciological observations in Eastern Siberia as an activity of IPY project entitled "Glaciological research in Suntar Khayata Range, East Siberia, Russia, for International Polar Year" (ID No. 393).

References

  1. Le Treut H, Somerville R, Cubasch U, Ding Y, Mauritzen C, et al. (2007) Historical Overview of Climate Change. In: Solomon S, Qin D, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis M, Averyt KB, Tignor M, Miller HL (Ed) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York. View
  2. Adam JC, Lettenmaier DP (2003) Adjustment of global gridded precipitation for systematic bias. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 D9. View
  3. Yang D, Kane D, Zhang Z, Legates D, Goodison B (2005) Bias corrections of long-term (1973–2004) daily precipitation data over the northern regions. J Geophy Res 32: L19501. View
  4. Rodriguez-Iturbe I, Mejia JM (1974) On the Transformation of Point Rainfall to Areal Rainfall. Water Resources Research 10: 729-735. View
  5. Bras R, Rodriguez-Iturbe I (1976) Network Design for the Estimation of Areal Mean of Rainfall Events. Water Resour Res 12: 1185–1195. View
  6. Serreze MC, Clark MP, Bromwich DH (2003) Monitoring precipitation over the Arctic terrestrial drainage system: Data: requirements, shortcomings, and applications of atmospheric reanalysis. J Hydrometeor 4: 387–407. View
  7. Adam JC, Clark EA, Lettenmaier DP, Wood EF (2006) Correction of global precipitation products for orographic effects. J Climate 19: 15–38. View
  8. Shrestha D, Singh P, Nakamura K (2012) Spatiotemporal variation of rainfall over the central Himalayan region revealed by TRMM Precipitation Radar. J Geophys Res 117. View
  9. Legates DR (1995) Global and terrestrial precipitation: A comparative assessment of existing climatologies. Int J Climatol 15: 237–258. View
  10. Walsh JE, Kattsov V, Portis D, Meleshko V (1998) Arctic Precipitation and Evaporation: Model Results and Observational Estimates. J Climatol 11: 72–87. View
  11. Roe GH (2005) Orographic precipitation. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet Sci 33: 645-671. View
  12. Smith EA, Asrar G, Furuhama Y, Ginati A, Mugnai A, et al. (2007) International Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Program and Mission: An Overview. In: Levizzani V et al. (Ed) Measuring Precipitation from Space, Springer, USA 611-653. View
  13. Christensen JH, Hewitson B, Busuioc A, Chen A, Gao X, et al. (2007) Regional Climate Projections. In: Solomon S, Qin D, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis M, Averyt KB, Tignor M, Miller HL (Ed) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York. View
  14. Meehl GA, Stocker TF, Collins WD, Friedlingstein P, Gaye AT, et al. (2007) Global Climate Projections. In: Solomon S, Qin D, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis M, Averyt KB, Tignor M, Miller HL (Ed) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York. View
  15. Walter H (1973) Vegetation of the Earth and Ecological Systems of the Geo-Biosphere. Springer-Verlag, New York, 334. View
  16. Sevruk B, Hamon WR (1984) International Comparison of National Precipitation Gauges with a Reference Pit Gauge. World Meterological Organization 38. View
  17. Goodison BE, Louie PYT, Yang D (1998) WMO Solid Precipitation Measurement Intercomparison Final Report. Instrum Observ Meth 67. View
  18. Yang D, Goodison BE, Metcalfe JR, Golubev VS, Elomaa E, et al. (1995) Accuracy of tretyakov precipitation gauge: result of WMO intercomparison. Hydrol Process 9: 877–895. View
  19. Sugiura K, Ohata T, Yang D (2006) Catch Characteristics of Precipitation Gauges in High-Latitude Regions with High Winds. J Hydrometeor 7: 984– 994. View
  20. Yokoyama K, Ohno H, Kominami Y (2003) Performance of Japanese precipitation gauges in winter. SEPPYO 65: 303–316. View
  21. Kondo J (1994) Meteorology of the Water Environment—Water and Heat Balance of the Earth’s Surface-. Asakura Shoten Press 348.
  22. Kidd C, Matsui T, Chern J, Mohr K, Kummerow C, et al. (2016) Global Precipitation Estimates from Cross-Track Passive Microwave Observations Using a Physically Based Retrieval Scheme. J Hydrometeor 17: 383-400. View
  23. Nakakita E, Okimura T, Suzuki Y, Ikebuchi S (2002) Advanced use of long-term observations by TRMM/PR based on dependency of rainfall on topographic elevation. Annuals Disas Prev Res Inst Kyoto Univ. 45 B: 687- 703. View
  24. Houze RA Jr (2012) Orographic effects on precipitating clouds. Reviews of Geophysics 50: RG1001. View
  25. Kurita N, Yoshida N, Inoue G, Chayanova EA (2004) Modern isotope climatology of Russia: A first assessment. J Geophys Res 109.
  26. Asuma Y, Takahashi S, Sugiura K (2009) Water vapor analysis in the surrounding No. 31 glacier in East Siberia. Report of Glaciological research in Suntar Khayata Range, East Siberia, Russia, for International Polar Year- 22–31.