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Stimulus details: precipitation change
impact chain for precipitation change :
Looking for an impact chain on precipitation change? We apologize that we do not provide an impact chain for precipitation change as the graphical representation would be too complex.
For precipitation change related impact chains see
Hydrological drought
and
Meteorological drought
.
description:
Precipitation can be simply defined as any form of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere and reach the ground (NSIDC, 2010). When cloud particles (condensed atmospheric water) become too heavy to remain suspended in the air, they fall to earth as precipitation. Generated through the Bergeron process or collision-coalescence process the most common forms of precipitation are rain and snow. Other forms of appearance are sleet, glaze, hail, rime, drizzle, mist and graupel.
related adaptation projects:
related maps:
The ci:grasp map pool comprises a large collection of precipitation change related maps.
check out:
the
map explorer for RCP scenario projections
.
the
map explorer for AR4 SRES scenario projections
.
the
Climate Diagram Generator
.