Fig. 6: Vertical variations of precipitation rates along DT and upstream precipitation trajectories, respectively. | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Fig. 6: Vertical variations of precipitation rates along DT and upstream precipitation trajectories, respectively.

From: Identifying mechanisms of tropical cyclone generated orographic precipitation with Doppler radar and rain gauge observations

Fig. 6

a The mean vertical profiles of \({P}_{{DT}}\) (black line, mm h-1) and \({P}_{{bg}}\) (blue line, mm h-1) valid at 0000 UTC on 25 June 2011. \({P}_{{DT}}\) is obtained from precipitation trajectories over DT, while\(\quad {P}_{{bg}}\) is obtained from precipitation trajectories over the upstream region. b Horizontal distribution of radar reflectivities (dBZ, color shading) at 1 km MSL from the WFS radar at 0000 UTC on 25 June 2011. The terrain height is indicated by contours with 200 m intervals from 100 to 900 m MSL. The inset boxes indicate the areas used to calculate the DT and upstream precipitation trajectories. The positions of the backward precipitation trajectories at 4 km MSL for each dual-Doppler-synthesized grid are marked by white dots, with black lines representing their corresponding trajectories.

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