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CLIMATE DYNAMICS
卷 52, 期 7-8, 页码 4973-4994出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4427-5
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- US Army Corps of Engineers [W912HZ-15-2-0019]
- Department of the Interior via the Bureau of Reclamation [USBR-R15AC00003]
- California Department of Water Resources [4600010378 UCOP2-11]
- UC San Diego Qualcomm/Calit2 and Pacific Research Platform [ACI-1541349]
Many atmospheric river detection tools (ARDTs) have now been developed. However, their relative performance is not well documented. This paper compares a diverse set of ARDTs by applying them to a single location where a unique 12-year-long time-series from an atmospheric river observatory at Bodega Bay, California is available. The study quantifies the sensitivity of the diagnosed number, duration, and intensity of ARs at this location to the choice of ARDT, and to the choice of reanalysis data set. The ARDTs compared here represent a range of methods that vary in their use of different variables, fixed vs. percentile-based thresholds, geometric shape requirements, Eulerian vs. Lagrangian approaches, and reanalyses. The ARDTs were evaluated first using the datasets documented in their initial publication, which found an average annual count of 19 +/- 7. Applying the ARDTs to the same reanalysis dataset yields an average annual count of 19 +/- 4. Applying a single ARDT to three reanalyses of varying grid sizes (0.5 degrees, 1.0 degrees-2.5 degrees) showed little sensitivity to the choice of reanalysis. While the annual average AR event count varied by about a factor of two (10-25 per year) depending on the ARDT, average AR duration and maximum intensity varied by less than +/- 10%, i.e., 24 +/- 2h duration; 458 +/- 44kg m(-1) s(-1) maximum IVT. ARDTs that use a much higher threshold for integrated vapor transport were compared separately, and yielded just 1-2 ARs annually on average. Generally, ARDTs that include either more stringent geometric criteria or higher thresholds identified the fewest AR events.
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