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Weekly precipitation cycles? Lack of evidence from United States surface stations
Author(s) -
Schultz David M.,
Mikkonen Santtu,
Laaksonen Ari,
Richman Michael B.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2007gl031889
Subject(s) - precipitation , environmental science , climatology , period (music) , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geography , geology , physics , acoustics
Previous work has inferred a relationship between human activity and the occurrence and amount of precipitation through examining possible weekly cycles in precipitation. Daily precipitation records for 219 surface observing stations in the United States for the 42‐year period 1951–1992 are investigated for weekly cycles in precipitation. Results indicate that neither the occurrence nor amount of precipitation significantly depends upon the day of the week.