1. The Effect of Metropolitan Detroit-Windsor on Precipitation
- Author
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Richard Gorski and Marie Sanderson
- Subjects
International network ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Climatology ,Environmental science ,Windsor ,Precipitation measurement ,Precipitation ,Urban area ,Metropolitan area - Abstract
Most recent research in urban precipitation has suggested that the presence of the city itself causes increased precipitation. The present paper presents the results of five years of precipitation measurement from an international network of raingages in Windsor-Detroit. Increased precipitation downwind appeared to be the case only in summer. The number of precipitation days and the number of heavy precipitation days were greatest in the southwest urban area and decreased downwind.
- Published
- 1978
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